HRANA News Agency – At dawn on Saturday, March 29, the death sentence of a prisoner previously convicted of murder was carried out in Arak Prison.
The individual has been identified by HRANA as Yaser Roshan. According to information received by HRANA, Roshan had been arrested about four years ago on charges of murder and was later sentenced to death by the criminal court.
As of the time of this report, prison authorities and relevant institutions have not officially announced Mr. Roshan’s execution.
In 2024, the Department of Statistics and Publication of Human Rights Activists in Iran documented 812 cases related to the right to life, including the sentencing of 214 individuals to death and the execution of 930 individuals. Among these, 4 executions were carried out in public. Of those executed, 818 were male, 26 were female, and 5 were juvenile offenders—individuals under 18 years old at the time of their alleged crimes.