HRANA  – At dawn on Tuesday, June 9, a prisoner who had previously been sentenced to death on a murder charge was executed in Kermanshah Prison.

According to a report by Kurdpa, a prisoner was executed in Kermanshah Prison. The identity of the prisoner, who was hanged at dawn on Tuesday, June 9, has been reported as Abbas Zarei, a 40-year-old married man, father of one child, and a resident of the village of Sarin in the Firouzabad District of Kermanshah County.

According to the report, Mr. Zarei had been charged with a murder that occurred eight years ago. He was arrested in 2024 and was subsequently sentenced to death by a criminal court.

As of the time of writing, prison authorities and the relevant official bodies have not publicly announced the execution of this prisoner.

According to HRA’s Annual Report, in 2025 at least 2,063 citizens, including 61 women and 2 juvenile offenders, were executed. Of these, the sentences of 11 individuals were carried out in public. During the same period, 172 other individuals were sentenced to death.