HRANA – At dawn today, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, a man convicted of murdering a four-year-old child in Damghan was executed in public.

According to HRANA, citing Tasnim News Agency, the execution took place in Semnan Province at dawn today, Wednesday, July 30. Mohammad Sadegh Akbari, Chief Justice of Semnan Province, announced the news, stating: “Following the report of the murder of a child on January 14, 2025, judicial proceedings began.”

Akbari added that the defendant was sentenced to death after the completion of legal procedures and the Supreme Court’s confirmation of the verdict. The sentence was carried out in public this morning.

Back in May, this judicial official had stated that the defendant had been sentenced to death for the premeditated murder of a child, and to 12 years in prison for the attempted murder of nine others.

On January 14, 2025, during a family gathering, the man fatally stabbed the child of one of his wife’s relatives due to family disputes. He also attempted to kill other guests by sedating them with sleeping pills and opening the gas valves in the house. The 25-year-old suspect was arrested and taken into custody a few hours after the incident.

The report does not disclose further details, including the identity of the prisoner or the precise location of the execution.