Another 8 prisoners hanged in Iran en masse

NCRI - The fundamentalist regime ruling Iran on Monday collectively hanged eight prisoners in the western city of Orumieh in addition to three other prisoners executed in public in southern Iran.

The eight prisoners were hanged at dawn in Orumieh's central prison. They were accused of drugs-related offences. The eight prisoners had been transferred to solitary confinement a day earlier.

Also on Monday, the mullahs' regime hanged three prisoners in public in Kazeroun, southern Iran.

The three prisoners were found guilty of ‘Moharebeh,’ or waging on God, by the fundamentalist authorities, according to the regime's state broadcaster.

Iran's fundamentalist regime on Sunday hanged a man in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas after serving 15 years of a prison term.

The regime on Saturday hanged three other prisoners in the central prison of Rasht, northern Iran, on the World Day Against the Death Penalty.

The mullahs' regime in Iran continues to execute more of its citizens per capita than any other U.N. member state. Some 2000 people have been executed during Hassan Rouhani’s presidency in the past two years.

A statement by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on August 5 said: "Iran has reportedly executed more than 600 individuals so far this year. Last year, at least 753 people were executed in the country."

Amnesty International said on September 7 that “the Iranian authorities must end their unprecedented killing spree – more than 700 people have been executed so far this year."