HRANA News Agency – At dawn on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, the death sentence of a prisoner convicted of drug-related offenses was carried out in Qom Prison, according to Iran Human Rights. In a separate case, with the execution of another prisoner in Shahrud Prison, the total number of executions in that facility on Wednesday rose to two.
The individual, identified as Habib Aghaei, a 32-year-old from Karaj, was hanged at dawn on April 9, 2025. He had been arrested two years ago on drug-related charges and later sentenced to death by the judiciary.
Meanwhile, the number of executions in Shahrud Prison that day rose to two.
The second executed prisoner was identified as Moein Ashrafi, a 32-year-old resident of a village in Bastam. He was arrested five years ago on charges of murder during a group altercation and later sentenced to death. Despite his family’s offer to pay 3 billion tomans in blood money, the plaintiffs declined to grant their consent for a pardon.
HRANA had previously reported the execution of another prisoner, Gholamreza Pardakhteh (Gorgij), in Shahrud Prison on the same day.
As of the time of this report, these executions have not been officially confirmed by prison authorities or other responsible institutions.
