HRANA – On September 2, two prisoners were executed in Aligudarz Prison. They had previously been sentenced to death on charges of murder.

HRANA has identified them as Mahan Rashidi and Yaghoub Derikvand.

Based on information received by HRANA, they had previously been arrested on murder charges and sentenced to death by criminal courts.

As of the time of this report, the executions have not been announced by prison officials or the relevant authorities.

In 2024, according to 812 reports compiled by HRANA, the Iranian regime executed 930 individuals in its prisons—marking the highest number of executions in the past 12 years. Despite the scale of these executions, prison officials and other relevant authorities publicly acknowledged only 6% of them, highlighting the regime’s lack of transparency and accountability.