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Majid Alibabayi Executed in Adelabad Prison, Shiraz

9-November-2024

Category: executions

8 November 2024
News Group: Execution

Breathing in Confinement: At dawn on 7 November, the death sentence of a prisoner convicted of “premeditated murder” was carried out in Adelabad Prison, Shiraz.

According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the prisoner, identified as Majid Alibabayi, was executed at dawn on Thursday, 7 November, in Adelabad Prison, Shiraz, on charges of “murder.” Alibabayi, a resident of Zahedshahr in Fasa County, was arrested five years ago on charges of “premeditated murder” and subsequently sentenced to death. The execution took place at dawn on 7 November in Adelabad Prison, Shiraz.

 

No official report

As of the time of this report, the execution of this prisoner  has not been announced by official resources.

 

Annual Report on Executions in Iran

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.

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