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Flogging before Execution in Mashhad Central Prison: Abdollah Given Lashes on Charge of Theft

Khorasan Newspaper
November 4, 2021
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ABC summary: On November 3, 2021, a 40-year-old man named Abdollah (last name unknown) was put to death on charge of homicide at Mashhad Central Prison. He had also been sentenced to flogging for a conviction of theft; available reports do not indicate a date of implementation of this sentence. He was sentenced by Branch 5 of Criminal Court 1 of Razavi Khorasan, and the verdict was confirmed by Branch 39 of the Supreme Court.