On Thursday, October 31, 2024, the execution of a prisoner previously sentenced to death on murder charges was carried out in Zahedan Prison, according to Haal Vsh.

The prisoner has been identified as Hassan Ekhlasi, approximately 35 years old, a resident of Golshan County.

According to this report, Mr. Ekhlasi was arrested in 2011 in Golshan County on charges of murder with a bladed weapon. He was later sentenced to death by the Criminal Court. On Tuesday, he was transferred from Zahedan Prison’s Security Ward 2 to solitary confinement in preparation for the execution.
As of the time of this report, the execution has not been publicly confirmed by prison authorities or relevant officials.

In 2023, 66% of HRANA’s reports on executions lacked official announcements by judicial authorities and went unreported by media inside Iran, highlighting a troubling lack of transparency in due process.

According to the Department of Statistics and Publication of Human Rights Activists in Iran, in 2023, at least 767 citizens, including 21 women and 2 juvenile offenders, were executed. Of these, the executions of 7 individuals were carried out in public. Additionally, during this period, 172 others were sentenced to death, with 5 of them sentenced to public execution. It is worth noting that during the same period, the initial death sentences of 49 other individuals were also upheld by the Supreme Court.