Iran: Prisoner hanged in football field

The Iranian regime henchmen hanged at least ten prisoners including one in public in a soccer field on Tuesday.

According to a report by the state-run daily Jomhouri Islami a man was hanged in the municipality’s soccer field in the city of the Minab. The victim was identified as Ayob Torkamani.

The international governing body of football had previously warned Iranian regime about executions of prisoners on the football fields.

FIFA had in past sent warning to the regime's officials regarding the executions on football fields, a regime official had acknowledged.

Meanwhile, the Iranian regime’s judiciary in Arak province announced that on Tuesday four death row prisoners were hanged in city’s main prison.

UN human rights experts have condemned the recent surge in executions in Iran, the majority of which are unreported.

United Nations Special Rapporteurs involving the situation of human rights in Iran by Ahmed Shaheed and on extrajudicial executions by Christof Heyns have condemned the drastic increase in executions since the past few weeks.

In many cases executions have gone unreported by official sources and the names of those being executed have not been disclosed to the public.

“When the Iranian government refuses to even acknowledge the full extent of executions which have occurred, it shows a callous disregard for both human dignity and international human rights law,” Mr. Shaheed stressed.