The death sentences of two prisoners, previously convicted of murder in separate cases, were carried out in Mashhad Prison, as reported by Iran Human Rights Organization.
Their identities have been reported as Ramazan Gholamian, 32, and Musa Najjar, 38, both residents of Mashhad.
The report states that Najjar was convicted and sentenced to death for killing a motorcyclist with a knife during a fight in Mashhad, in July 2021. Additionally, Gholamian’s death sentence was issued approximately two years ago for premeditated murder.
No official sources or domestic media outlets within the country have provided coverage of these executions at the time of writing.
In 2023, the Department of Statistics and Publication of Human Rights Activists in Iran registered the execution of 767 individuals. Out of these, 7 were carried out in public. Among the executed individuals whose genders were identified, 21 were female. Additionally, 2 juvenile offenders, defined as individuals under the age of 18 at the time of their alleged crimes, were also executed.