On May 14, 2024, two inmates convicted of murder were executed in Ilam Prison, as reported by Kurdpa.
The executed inmates have been identified as Reza Gholamhosseini and Farrokh Khan-Mohammadi, both from Ilam County in Ilam Province. Gholamhosseini was arrested and accused of murder last year, while Khan-Mohammadi’s arrest and conviction date back to 14 years ago.
No official sources or domestic media outlets within the country have provided coverage of these executions at the time of writing.
In 2023, the Department of Statistics and Publication of Human Rights Activists in Iran registered the execution of 767 individuals. Out of these, 7 were carried out in public. Among the executed individuals whose genders were identified, 21 were female. Additionally, 2 juvenile offenders, defined as individuals under the age of 18 at the time of their alleged crimes, were also executed. For a comprehensive examination of the details and statistics surrounding the executions in Iran, refer to HRANA’s annual report.