Kurdish Man Executed in Sanandaj Despite Overnight Public Protest

Kaveh Rafoosheh, a 35-year-old Kurdish man from Sanandaj (Sine), was executed in the city's central prison despite a public protest outside the facility the previous night.

On the evening of 17 August, residents and civil society activists gathered outside Sanandaj Central Prison, chanting "No to executions" and calling for the sentence to be halted while efforts were made to secure clemency from the victim's family.

Rafoosheh had been transferred to solitary confinement on 16 August in preparation for the execution. Despite the protest, the judiciary carried out the sentence in the early hours of the following morning. (Hengaw Organization)