Death Sentence Carried Out in Karaj Central Prison
26-November-2024
Category: executions
November 26, 2024
Category: Execution
Breathing in Confinement: At dawn on Tuesday, November 26, a prisoner sentenced to death on drug related charges, was executed in Karaj Central Prison.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, at least one prisoner was executed at dawn on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, in Karaj Central Prison for drug-related offenses. The identity of the prisoner, Ehsan Basati Valiabad, has been confirmed by Breathing in Confinement.
As reported by Breathing in Confinement, Ehsan Basati Valiabad, born in 1993, son of Reza and a resident of Kuhdasht, had previously been arrested and sentenced to death for drug-related charges. The sentence was carried out at dawn on Tuesday, November 26, in Karaj Central Prison.
No official report
As of the time of this report, the execution of this prisoner has not been announced by official resources.
Annual Report on Executions in Iran
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.