HRANA News Agency – On Saturday, February 24, a prisoner sentenced to death on murder charges was executed in Qorveh Prison, Kurdistan Province.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists in Iran, the executed prisoner has been identified as Naeem Abdi, a 21-year-old resident of Malujeh village in Qorveh County.

HRANA has learned that approximately two years ago, Abdi, along with his father, was involved in the murder of a taxi driver. He was subsequently arrested, convicted of murder, and sentenced to death by the Criminal Court.

As of the time of this report, prison authorities and other relevant institutions have not publicly announced the execution.

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.