HRANA News Agency – On Wednesday, April 9, 2025, the death sentence of a prisoner previously convicted of murder was carried out in Gonbad-e Kavus Prison.
HRANA has identified the individual as Behrouz Shirmohammadli, a 27-year-old Sunni Turkmen resident of Gonbad-e Kavus, Golestan Province.
According to information received by HRANA, Mr. Shirmohammadli was involved in a street fight in 2021 during which he committed murder and was subsequently arrested. He was eventually sentenced to death by a criminal court.
As of the time of this report, the execution has not been officially announced by prison authorities or relevant 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.