HRANA – At dawn on Tuesday, October 21, the death sentences of two prisoners previously convicted of murder were carried out in Yazd Prison.

HRANA has identified one of the executed individuals as Azim Dastavar. Based on information received by HRANA, the prisoners had been arrested earlier on murder charges and later sentenced to death by the Criminal Court.

Further details, including the identity of the second executed prisoner, are under investigation by HRANA.

As of the time of this report, the executions have not been officially announced by prison authorities or other responsible institutions.

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.