Breathing in Confinement

October 13, 2024

News Category: Execution

Breathing in Confinement: At dawn on Sunday, October 13, 2024, the death sentence of at least two prisoners convicted of “murder” was carried out at Adelabad Prison in Shiraz.

According to Breathing in Confinement, the news agency of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, two prisoners were executed early Sunday morning at the central prison in Shiraz.

The identities of these prisoners, confirmed by Breathing in Confinement, are Ali Shirvani and Farhad Soleimani.

Ali Shirvani, from Marvdasht, and Farhad Soleimani, from Kavar, had previously been arrested on charges of murder and sentenced to death. These two prisoners were hanged this morning at Adelabad Prison in Shiraz.

As of the time of this report, the execution of these prisoners 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.