Early Wednesday morning, October 30, a prisoner sentenced to death on murder charges was executed in Sepidar Prison, Ahvaz.
HRANA has identified the individual as Sardar Safarpour, who was initially detained on murder charges and later received a death sentence from the judiciary.
As of this report, officials from the prison and relevant authorities have not officially announced Safarpour’s 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.