Today, August 6, the execution of three prisoners, previously sentenced to death on separate charges of murder and drug-related crimes, was carried out in Bandar Abbas Prison, as reported by Haal Vsh.
The identities of these prisoners are reported as: Aminollah Narui (Narooie), 42 years old, from Iranshahr; Hamzeh Garavand, approximately 28 years old, residing in Kuhdasht, Lorestan Province; and Azad Abdollahi, approximately 45 years old, from Bandar Abbas.
According to the report, Mr. Naroui was arrested in 2021, and Mr. Garavand in 2022, on drug-related charges in Bandar Abbas and were sentenced to death by the judiciary. Additionally, Mr. Abdollahi, along with another prisoner identified as Roozbeh (last name unknown), was arrested approximately 19 years ago on a joint murder charge and sentenced to death by the judiciary.
No official sources or domestic media outlets within the country have provided coverage of these executions at the time of writing. 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.