HRANA– At dawn on Wednesday, August 27, the death sentence of a prisoner previously convicted of murder was carried out in Sanandaj Prison.

HRANA has identified the prisoner who was hanged at dawn on Wednesday, August 27, as Sajad Gholizadeh. Based on information received by HRANA, he had been arrested in 2021 on charges of murder and later sentenced to death by the Criminal Court. In 2020, during a burglary, he allegedly killed the homeowner.

As of the time of this report, the execution of this prisoner has not been announced by prison officials or the responsible authorities.

In 2024, according to 812 reports compiled by HRANA, the Iranian regime executed 930 individuals in its prisons—marking the highest number of executions in the past 12 years. Despite the scale of these executions, prison officials and other relevant authorities publicly acknowledged only 6% of them, highlighting the regime’s lack of transparency and accountability.