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Vakilabad Prison


Vakilabad Prison is a prison in Iran, located in the city of Mashhad in the eastern part of the country. The prison has reportedly been the site of hundreds of secret executions carried out by the Islamic Republic of Iran government.

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI) and other sources have reported on secret executions taking place in Vakilabad Prison throughout 2011, primarily on drug-related offenses.

ICHRI has documented that the following secret mass executions have taken place inside the prison:

In October 2011, a report released by Ahmed Shaheed, the UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, documented more than 300 secret executions in Vakilabad in 2010 and at least 146 secret executions in the prison to date in 2011.

Coordinates: 36°20′19″N 59°29′25″E / 36.3386°N 59.4902°E / 36.3386; 59.4902


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