Execution of a Citizen from Sardasht in Dezful Prison
17-October-2024
Category: executions
October 17, 2024
Category: Executions –
Breathing in Confinement: In the early hours of Wednesday, October 16, 2024, a prisoner was executed in Dezful Prison on charges of “murder.”
According to Breathing in Confinement, a news agency of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the identity of the prisoner has been confirmed as Ramin Mohammadvand. Ramin Mohammadvand, son of Esmail, originally from Sardasht, was previously arrested in Dezful on murder charges following a conflict and subsequently sentenced to death.
Despite efforts, Mohammadvand’s family was unable to secure the consent of the victim’s family, and the sentence was carried out in Dezful Prison on Wednesday, October 16. His funeral will take place on Friday, October 18, at the Golzar-e Shohada Cemetery in Sardasht.
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.