According to Iran Human Rights Organization, the death sentences of four prisoners, including two Afghan nationals who had previously been convicted of murder, were carried out in Tabriz Prison

Two of these prisoners were Afghan nationals. The identities of the other two prisoners have been reported as “Mohammad Ansari Qeshlaq, 44, from Qeshlaq village in Tabriz, and Ali Mahdian, 32, from Hashtrood.”

They had been arrested on charges of murder and subsequently sentenced to death by the judiciary.

The report states that Ali Mahdian had been arrested three years ago on charges of premeditated murder following a financial dispute. Mohammad Ansari Qeshlaq had spent the last four years in this prison and was recently transferred from Ward 4 to solitary confinement in preparation for his execution.

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.