Iran: A prisoner hanged in Salmas

A prisoner has been hanged on Sunday, August 4, on the first day that Hassan Rouhani being in office as the new president of the religious dictatorship ruling in Iran.

According to the reports the death sentence was carried out in the prison while there were clashes between security forces and the prisoner’s relatives who were severely beaten outside prison.

The prisoner was identified as Payman Qane Kohneh Shahri, a resident of Tezeh-shahr in vicinity of city of Salmas in northwestern Iran.

So far more than 100 prisoners have been executed from the June presidential election and many more are awaiting their death sentences.