A prisoner sentenced to death, who had been transferred to a solitary confinement cell yesterday, was executed at central prison of Orumiyeh on Monday July 27 at 1 a.m.

Kurdish Human Right Network has identified this prisoner as Jahangir Nojavan yesterday.

This 28-year-old prisoner from the village of Bibkaran from Mehal Margoor of Orumiyeh was arrested in 2016 along with his wife on charges of distributing drugs.

It should be noted that the wife of this prisoner, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment, is held at the women’s ward of the central prison of Orumiyeh.

Jahangir Nojavan