SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iran executed a 46-year-old Kurdish man in Sanandaj, a human rights organization reported on Monday.
Hengaw Organization for Human Rights said Iranian authorities had executed Fatih Qadri, who was transferred to solitary confinement in Sanandaj central prison on Thursday.
An Iranian court sentenced Qadri to death on charges of “deliberate murder”, said Hengaw organization, which monitors human rights abuses in Iranian Kurdistan.
Authorities in Sanandaj have executed at least 13 Kurdish citizens in the past nine years, according to the organization.
Amnesty International said Iran had executed at least 251 people in 2019, retaining its place as the world’s second most prolific executioner after China.
“However, a lack of transparency makes it difficult to confirm the real total number of executions – which may be far higher,” Amnesty said.
