HRANA News Agency –On March 29, the death sentences of two prisoners previously convicted on charges related to drug offenses and murder were carried out in Tabriz Prison.

Iran Human Rights has confirmed the identity of one of the executed individuals as Morteza Saadatpour Zeini, a 32-year-old resident of Tabriz. He had been arrested three years ago on drug-related charges and was later sentenced to death.

HRANA has also identified the second prisoner as Mohsen Hedayat, who had been detained on murder charges and subsequently sentenced to death by the judiciary.

At the time of this report’s publication, prison authorities and relevant institutions have not officially announced the executions.

In 2024, the Department of Statistics and Publication of Human Rights Activists in Iran documented 812 cases related to the right to life, including the sentencing of 214 individuals to death and the execution of 930 individuals. Among these, 4 executions were carried out in public. Of those executed, 818 were male, 26 were female, and 5 were juvenile offenders—individuals under 18 years old at the time of their alleged crimes.