Four prisoners were executed on murder charges at Orumiyeh’s central prison this morning April 23. They were taken from various wards of Orumiyeh central prison to solitary confinement cells yesterday in preparation for execution.

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has identified the four prisoners as follows

1 Tayeb Sheikh Nejad, from Piranshahr, imprisoned for six years from ward 3-4

1 Hasan Muhammad Hasan, from Bukan, imprisoned for 6 years from Psychotherapist’s ward

3 Yadollah Samadi, from Orumiyeh, imprisoned for 8 years from ward 10

4 Islam Rashidi, from Orumiyeh, imprisoned for 10 years from ward 1-2