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A Prisoner Executed in Jiroft Prison

13-September-2024

Category: executions

September 12, 2024
News Category: Execution –

Breathing in Confinement: At dawn on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, the execution of a prisoner charged with “murder” was carried out in Jiroft Prison.

According to “Breathing in Confinement,” the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, a prisoner was executed at dawn on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, in Jiroft Prison, Kerman. The identity of this prisoner, Mansour Salari, a resident of Jiroft, has been confirmed by Breathing in Confinement.

A reliable source told the reporter of Breathing in Confinement: “The murder for which Mansour Salari was arrested happened by accident and during a trivial argument. The person killed was Mansour’s cousin and brother-in-law. However, Mansour’s uncle’s family did not pardon him.”

As of the time of this report, the execution of this prisoner has not been announced by official resources.

According to the annual report of the Statistics Center of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, at least 848 citizens were executed in 2023. Of these, 7 were executed in public. 57 percent of the executions were for drug related charges.

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