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onsdag 18 april 2018

A report on the latest status of two death sentences in Hamedan for tomorrow's execution; conversation with the Warmzayar family




A report on the latest status of two death sentences in Hamedan for tomorrow's execution; conversation with the Warmzayar family



Harana News Agency - Bahman Varmaziar and Mehdi Cheraghi are two prisoners accused of robbery of gold jewelry and sentenced to death in Alvand Prison of Hamadan. Mr. Vermesyar, with the consent of the private complainant and his delivery and stolen property to the judicial authorities, along with Mr. Charaghi, another defendant, had been transferred to solitary confinement from Friday to execute the sentence and was scheduled to be executed at 6:30 pm on Tuesday. To be The videos from the Warmz family's request from the public and authorities have prompted a great deal of public attention to stop the execution of the verdict. The Vermeshir family said a week ago that they were told that their child's sentence had been stopped.

According to the HRANA news agency Human Rights Activists in Iran, Bahman Vartizar is a hairdresser and sports club trainer in Hamadan who was armed with a jeweler who was arrested on July 11, 2014, along with Mehdi Cheraghi and several others.

Despite the fact that Bahman Varmazyar gave himself with the stolen goods 18 days later to the judicial authorities and the private prosecutor was satisfied, however, both defendants were sentenced to death by the Hamdan General Court in connection with the robbery of the goldsmith.

According to the judicial authorities, the two defendants were scheduled to be executed on Tuesday April 28, 2012 on charges of moharebeh through armed robbery.


Announcing the execution of two prisoners

Bahman Varmaziar and Mehdi Cheraghi have been transferred to solitary confinement (quarantine) on Friday, April 24, 2009.

Farhad Vermesyar, brother of Bahman Vermezar, in an interview with the reporter of Herana, said: "My brother, along with three others, stole a gold jewelery, one of them armed and arrested. Avalanche escaped with the stolen property, but after 18 days he returned the gold to the owner of the goldsmith and introduced himself to the Office of Consciousness. Despite the consent of the plaintiff (goldsmith), the judicial authorities, as complainants, intended to execute his death sentence. "

The brother of the prisoner on the verge of execution continued: "We first informed our family that our brother's sentence will be performed at 6:30 and 30 minutes tomorrow, Tuesday, April 28, 1997. We met her for the last time. Bahman was supposed to be executed without any criminal record. "

Farhad Vermesyar emphasized that "since February, Bahman and his case have been transferred to solitary confinement and closed his hands and feet."

The brother of Behnam Vermezir, however, added that "a few hours ago, they first contacted us from the prison and then the judiciary, saying that the amnesty had been suspended and his sentence had been suspended."

It is not clear that the oral statements of the authorities meant delaying the execution of the sentence or a change in the death sentence of the prisoner.

There is no information available on the fate and legal status of Mehdi Cheraghi, another prisoner on the verge of execution, and it is unclear whether his sentence has been changed or will be enforced at the appointed time.

In recent days, videos from the Wimzij family's request from the public and authorities have prompted a great deal of public attention to stop the execution of the sentence, and various people from different sections of the community have called for a moratorium on executions.

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