prisoner’s relatives hurl grenade to prevent his hanging

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As the Iranian regime’s authorities in the central prison in the city of Ilam were preparing to hang a prisoner on Monday a grenade was hurled at the prison gate by his relatives to prevent the execution, State-run Fars News Agency reported.

“During the carrying out of a death sentence, family members of a convict launched a grenade attack in Ilam central prison which led to the injuries,” Fars news agency quoted the western province’s police chief, Colonel Ali Dolati, as saying.

Dolati said that prison staff were among the injured.

According to the report the State Security Forces arrested those involved in the attack and the hanging then went ahead of the prisoner, who had been convicted of murder.

Iran put to death more than 500 people last year, according to Human Rights Watch.

It ranked second only to China in the number of people it executed, drawing criticism from the United Nations and human rights groups.

Tehran says the death penalty is essential to maintain law and order, and that it is applied only after exhaustive judicial proceedings.

Murder, rape, armed robbery, drug trafficking and adultery are among the crimes punishable by death in Iran.

Agencies

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4 responses to “prisoner’s relatives hurl grenade to prevent his hanging”

  1. Death to the Iranian regime and all those who collaborated with them

  2. Heraclitus Avatar
    Heraclitus

    Death to the Iranian regime and all those who collaborated with them

  3. 5thDrawer Avatar

    In future, the gallows goes up outside the gates … if the public wants to get involved, let them. ;-))
    Death Penalty is needed to keep costs of prisoner maintenance down.
    The state of ‘care’ in prisons conditions them to accept it. :-))

  4. 5thDrawer Avatar

    In future, the gallows goes up outside the gates … if the public wants to get involved, let them. ;-))
    Death Penalty is needed to keep costs of prisoner maintenance down.
    The state of ‘care’ in prisons conditions them to accept it. :-))

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