HRANA News Agency – At dawn today, May 5, the execution of a prisoner previously sentenced to death on a murder charge was carried out in Hamedan Prison.

The prisoner has been identified by HRANA as Amir Mohammad Tavakkoli, 32 years old. According to information obtained by HRANA, Mr. Tavakkoli had been arrested on murder charges and later sentenced to death by a judicial authority.

As of the time this report was published, prison officials and relevant institutions have not publicly 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.