Execution of 20-Year-Old Hossein Heydari in Adelabad Prison, Shiraz
9-November-2024
Category: executions
8 November 2024
News Group: Execution
Breathing in Confinement: At dawn on Wednesday, 6 November 2024, the execution of a prisoner charged with “murder” was carried out in Adelabad Prison, Shiraz.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, at least one prisoner was executed at dawn on Wednesday, 6 November, in Adelabad Prison on murder charges. The prisoner, identified as Hossein Heydari (also known as Yasin), was previously arrested and sentenced to death on murder charges. Heydari was 20 years old and from Shiraz. Investigations are ongoing to determine if he was a juvenile at the time of the crime. Hossein Heydari was hanged at dawn on Wednesday, 6 November, in Adelabad Prison, Shiraz.
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.