Public Execution in Qaleh Agha Abdollah Village, Shahroud
13-April-2025
Category: executions
11 April 2025
News Category: Executions
Breathing in Confinement – The death sentence of a prisoner convicted of “murder” was carried out in public in November 2024 in the village of Qaleh Agha Abdollah, located in Shahroud County.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on 18 November 2024, a prisoner was publicly hanged in Qaleh Agha Abdollah, a village in Shahroud County. The prisoner has been identified by Breathing in Confinement as Ali Ashrafi.
According to further information from reliable sources reported by Breathing in Confinement, the execution of Ali Ashrafi — who was arrested five years ago on murder charges and sentenced to death — was carried out in front of the village residents in Qaleh Abdollah, Kharqan Rural District, Bastam District, Shahroud County. In a previous report, Breathing in Confinement had revealed the execution of three prisoners in Shahroud last year.
A knowledgeable source familiar with Ali Ashrafi’s case and the circumstances of his execution told Breathing in Confinement:
“The local base commander tricked and bribed Ali Ashrafi, giving him money and asking him to pour a prepared bucket of water on his sister-in-law to scare her. But in a calculated move, the commander gave Ashrafi a bucket full of acid instead of water, which he poured on the woman on the spot, resulting in her death.”
Ali Ashrafi was tried for murder and sentenced to death. The sentence was carried out on 18 November 2024 in public in the village of Qaleh Agha Abdollah. This brings the number of public executions reported last year to six.
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 by the Statistics Centre of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, at least 1,170 individuals were executed in Iran in 2024. Among them, five people were executed in public, and the executed also included 38 women and 9 juvenile offenders.