Execution of 12 Prisoners In Rajai Shahr Prison Postponed

HRANA News Agency – For the second time in two weeks, the execution of 12 prisoners of Rajai Shahr Prison was halted, and the prisoners were sent from solitary confinement back to the ward.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRANA), these prisoners, who have been charged with murder and sentenced to death (retaliation in kind), were transferred to solitary confinement for the implementation of the sentences.

This group of 12 prisoners had been transferred to solitary confinement previously on the 13th of January, but were taken back as the executions were postponed.

Hossein Moini, Naser Karim-Nejhad, Mehdi Kahe, Reza Teymouri, Javad Sadeghi, Ebad Mohammadi, Mostafa Ejlali, Sajjad Nemati, Javad Mozafari, Mohammadreza Abbasi and an inmate with the first name Anoush, are among the announced prisoners who were sent to solitary confinements.

The authorities and judiciary organs have not announced anything about the dossiers and the reason for the repeated dispatch of these prisoners to the solitary confinements.