HRANA – At dawn today, September 15, 2025, the death sentence of a prisoner previously convicted of murder was carried out in Khorramabad Prison.

HRANA has identified the executed prisoner as Mirza Vali Sotoudeh, who was hanged at dawn on Monday, September 15. Based on information obtained by HRANA, he had been arrested on murder charges and later sentenced to death by a criminal court.

As of the time of this report, prison authorities and judicial officials 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.