Kurds Make 70% of Iran’s July Executions

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ERBIL — 5 August 2018 – Nearly 70% of those sentenced to death by Iranian judicial authorities and were executed in the country during the month of July were Kurdish citizens, stated Iran’s Human Rights Organization.

The human rights watchdog said that the total number of executed individuals for the month were 36 people.  Hengaw Organisation for Human Rights, a Kurdish monitoring group, said that 25 Kurds were executed in Iran’s prisons during July, which makes 70% of the total executions. www.mesop.de