A Prisoner Executed in Kahnuj Prison
16-September-2024
Category: executions
13 September 2024
News Category: Execution
Breathing in Confinement: At dawn on Tuesday, 10 September, a prisoner was hanged in Kahnuj Prison on charges of “murder.”
According to the Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the execution of a prisoner in Kahnuj Prison was carried out at dawn on Tuesday, 10 September 2024.
The identity of this prisoner, Abdolkarim Habibi, has been confirmed by the Breathing in Confinement. Abdolkarim Habibi, approximately 30 years old, was married and had two children.
According to a well-informed source, he was arrested three years ago on charges of murder and sentenced to death by the provincial criminal court. The sentence was carried out on Tuesday, 10 September 2024, in the courtyard of Kahnuj Prison.
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.