Execution of a Prisoner in Adelabad Prison, Shiraz
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 on charges of “murder” in Adelabad Prison, Shiraz.
According to Breathing in Confinement, a news agency of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the prisoner, identified as Mohsen Mokhtari, was executed early on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, in Shiraz Prison.
Reports from Breathing in Confinement confirm that Mohsen Mokhtari was arrested three years ago on charges of murder and subsequently sentenced to death. He was transferred from Ward 11 of Adelabad Prison to solitary confinement prior to the execution of his sentence.
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.