A prisoner by the name of Fateme Haddadi, 39, a mother of a girl and imprisoned for the last 8 years, was hanged on Monday, August 10th in Gohardasht Prison of Karaj, west of Tehran. Under the pretext of being taken to the clinic, she had been transferred Sunday evening from hall 6 of Gharchak Prison in Varamin, southeast of Tehran, to solitary confinement in Gohardasht Prison of Karaj. The body of this executed woman is currently held in a morgue in Karaj.
Unconfirmed reports indicate that 9 male prisoners were also hanged Monday morning along with this woman in Gohardasht Prison.
On the other hand, other reports show that another woman by the name of Akram Mahdavi, behind bars for 12 years, is on the verge of being executed next week.
Mass executions, taking place nearly on a daily basis in Iran’s prisons, are crimes against humanity.
(Human Rights & Democracy Advocates in Iran – August 10, 2015)
