Iran: Lives of two death row inmates from Kurdish minority at risk amid surge in executions

Headline Title:  Iran: Lives of two Kurdish death row inmates at risk amid surge in executions 28 October 2013 Two death row prisoners from Iran’s Kurdish minority are at imminent risk of being executed after the Iranian authorities carried out 20 death sentences over the weekend, Amnesty International warned today. “This surge in executions shows that behind words and promises, the Iranian authorities continue to rely on state-sponsored killing, sparking fears that Zaniar Moradi and Loghman Moradi, two Kurdish minority prisoners on death row, could be next,” said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui,…

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