Execution of a Prisoner’s Death Sentence in Kerman Central Prison
5-October-2024
Category: executions
October 4, 2024
News Category: Execution
Breathing in Confinement: At dawn on Thursday, September 26, 2024, the death sentence of a prisoner convicted of “murder” was carried out in Kerman Central Prison.
According to “Breathing in Confinement,” the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, a prisoner was executed in Kerman prison at dawn on Thursday, September 26, 2024. The identity of this prisoner, Saman Al-Balushi, has been confirmed by “Breathing in Confinement.”
Based on a report from “Breathing in Confinement,” quoting an informed source, Saman Al-Balushi, an Arab citizen residing in Kerman, was previously arrested and sentenced to death on charges of murder. The issued sentence was carried out at dawn on Thursday, September 26, in the yard of Shahab Kerman Prison. Prior to this, “Breathing in Confinement” had reported the execution of another prisoner in the same prison on September 23. In end of September, two prisoners were executed in Shahab Prison in Kerman.
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.