Execution of Two Prisoners in Adelabad Prison, Shiraz
5-November-2024
Category: executions
November 4, 2024
News Category: Execution
Breathing in Confinement: At dawn on Monday, November 4, 2024, the execution of at least two prisoners convicted of 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 two prisoners were executed at dawn on Monday, November 4, 2024, in Shiraz Prison. The identities of these prisoners, Alireza Jamshidi and Mohammadreza Sotoudeh, have been confirmed by Breathing in Confinement.
According to a report from Breathing in Confinement, Alireza Jamshidi, son of Hedayat, from Tarber Labisheh Village in Fasa, and Mohammadreza Sotoudeh, from Shiraz, were previously arrested in separate cases on murder charges and sentenced to death. Mohammadreza Sotoudeh had been in detention for three years.
As of the time of this report, the execution of these prisoners 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.