HRANA News Agency – On Monday, May 12, 2025, the death sentences of two prisoners previously convicted of murder in separate cases were carried out in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj.

HRANA has confirmed the identities of the executed prisoners as Kourosh Jalili and Nasri Zar. HRANA has learned that both individuals had been arrested in separate murder cases and later sentenced to death by the criminal court.

As of the time of this report, prison officials and relevant authorities have not publicly confirmed the executions.

According to HRANA’s statistics, Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj carried out the highest number of executions among all Iranian prisons, with 150 inmates hanged. This figure has nearly doubled compared to the previous year — a deeply alarming increase that underscores the escalating use of capital punishment in Iran.