Increase in the Number of Executions on Saturday, October 19, in Tabriz Prison
20-October-2024
Category: executions
October 20, 2024
News Category: Execution
Breathing in Confinement: The number of prisoners executed on Saturday, October 19, 2024, in Tabriz Prison has increased. In addition to one prisoner whose execution had previously been reported, two more prisoners were executed in connection with drug-related charges in a joint case.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news agency of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, two prisoners were executed at dawn on Saturday, October 19, 2024, in Tabriz Prison. The identities of these prisoners, Behzad Ghafarzadeh and Javad Ebrahimi, have been confirmed by Breathing in Confinement. The execution of Javad Ebrahimi, a shepherd, had been previously reported by Breathing in Confinement.
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.