Rights Group Says Iran Executed Disabled Afghan Prisoner in Wheelchair
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- Hengaw said Iran executed Afghan national Wali Jan Norzai at Rafsanjan Central Prison.
- The rights group said Norzai had a physical disability and was executed while in a wheelchair.
Iranian authorities executed an Afghan prisoner with a physical disability while he was in a wheelchair, according to the Kurdish human rights organization Hengaw.
Hengaw identified the prisoner as Wali Jan Norzai, an Afghan citizen from Farah province in western Afghanistan. It said the execution took place at Rafsanjan Central Prison.
The group reported the execution on Sunday. The supplied report did not include further details about the case.
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Originally published by Khaama Press in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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