HRANA News Agency – At dawn on Saturday, May 17, the execution of a prisoner previously sentenced to death on murder charges was carried out in Borazjan Prison, Bushehr province.

HRANA has identified the individual as Ahmad Bani-Asad, who was hanged at dawn on Saturday, May 17. According to information obtained by HRANA, Mr. Bani-Asad had been arrested on charges of murder and later sentenced to death by a criminal court.

As of the time of this report, prison authorities and relevant institutions have not officially announced the execution.

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.