HRANA News Agency – At dawn on Monday, April 21, the death sentence of a prisoner previously convicted of murder was carried out in Malayer Prison, Hamadan province.

HRANA has identified the executed prisoner as Sajad (Sajjad) Emkani, who was hanged at dawn yesterday.

According to information received by HRANA, Mr. Emkani had been previously arrested on a murder charge and was later sentenced to death by the Criminal Court.

As of the time of this report’s publication, the execution has not been officially announced by prison authorities or responsible institutions.

In 2024, the Department of Statistics and Publication of Human Rights Activists in Iran documented 812 cases related to the right to life, including the sentencing of 214 individuals to death and the execution of 930 individuals. Among these, 4 executions were carried out in public. Of those executed, 818 were male, 26 were female, and 5 were juvenile offenders—individuals under 18 years old at the time of their alleged crimes.