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12 female prisoners in Urmia prison awaiting execution
03:44 - 7/4/2021
Hana: According to news sources, 12 citizens are currently awaiting execution in Urmia City Prison.
The identities of these prisoners for the "Hana" human rights Organization are as follows:
1- Mahabbat Mahmoudi from Urmia
2- Zahra Farhadi from Urmia
3- Parisa Moradi from Bokan
4- Nishtiman Mohamadi from Sardasht
5- Golzar Ahmadian from Sardasht
6- Faranak Beheshti from Tikab.
7- Soheila Nematzadeh from Miandoab
8- Mojgan Abdollahi from Mahabad.
9- Zeinab Khalid from Sardasht
10- Mojgan Azarpisheh from Urmia
11- Tahmineh Danesh from Khoy
12- Ziba (unknown surname) from Bokan
All those 12 prisoners are charged with murder.
It should be noted that at least three other prisoners were executed in this prison on Sunday. Iran is the second largest executioner in the world after China, and despite the demands of human rights organizations, executions are still used in various ways as a means of punishing the victims of the current system and political prisoners.
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