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Alireza M. an Iranian man who survived his first execution would be re-executed.
According to CNN, Alireza sentenced for of possessing a kilogram of crystal meth, the 37-year-old man was sentenced to death by hanging at Bojnurd Prison in northeastern Iran. On the morning of October 9, Alireza M. was taken from his cell to the gallows, where the judge who had issued the order read his sentence aloud and official papers were signed.
Then a rope was placed around his neck and he was hanged for 12 minutes, after which his body was lowered and a doctor declared he was dead. The doctor, the judge and the prison head then signed the death certificate, and the body of Alireza M. was taken to a morgue for delivery the following day to his relatives.
However, the next day, a morgue worker noticed that plastic encasing one of the bodies had steam in front of the mouth.
The worker told the doctors at the morgue, who took Alireza M. to Imam Ali hospital in the town of Bojnurd, where he was reported to be feeling better.
A statement issued Wednesday, Amnesty International called for a reprieve. "The horrific prospect of this man facing a second hanging, after having gone through the whole ordeal already once, merely underlines the cruelty and inhumanity of the death penalty.
"The Iranian authorities must immediately halt Alireza M's execution and issue a moratorium on all others".
Mohammad Erfan, the judge who issued the sentence, is relatively unmoved. He is quoted saying, "The sentence is approved and the sentence is death, so we will follow through with the execution order again".
