Prisoner Hanged in Dezful Prison
10-December-2024
Category: executions
10 December 2024
News Category: Executions
“Breathing in Confinement”: At dawn on Monday, 9 December, the execution of a prisoner previously convicted of “murder” was carried out in Dezful Prison.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the prisoner, identified as Reza Bahramifard, was executed early Monday morning in Dezful Prison.
As per the reporter of Breathing in Confinement, Reza Bahramifard, son of Abdolali, had been arrested and sentenced to death for the murder of Shahram Mirzavand (Shahavand). The sentence was carried out at dawn on Monday, 9 December, in Dezful Prison.
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.