At down September 25, the death sentences of two prisoners, previously convicted of murder in separate cases, were carried out in Ghezel Hesar Prison, Karaj, according ro Rokna.

One of these prisoners had committed murder during an altercation in November 2021. The other prisoner was convicted of killing a person on April 12, 2019, and was subsequently sentenced to death by the judiciary.

According to the report, three other prisoners, who had been sentenced to death on charges of murder and rape, were also taken to the gallows. However, they were granted a temporary reprieve and returned to their ward.

The identities of the executed prisoners were not disclosed in this report.

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.