Seven Prisoners, Including a Woman, Executed in Yazd Prison
16-December-2024
Category: executions
15 December 2024
News Category: Execution
Breathing in Confinement: At dawn on Sunday, 15 December 2024, the death sentences of seven prisoners, previously convicted on charges related to “drug offenses” and “murder,” were carried out in Yazd Prison.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, seven prisoners were executed at dawn on Sunday, December 15, in Yazd Prison on “drug related” and “murder” charges. The identities of the prisoners have been confirmed as Mohammad Ali Kharkouhi (Barahouei), Reza Kharkouhi (Barahouei), Abdolbaset Toutazeh, Abdolnaser Toutazeh, Ne’matollah Toutazeh, and an unidentified woman.
According to HALWASH, Mohammad Ali Kharkouhi (Barahouei), 36 years old and married, and his brother Reza Kharkouhi (Barahouei), 43 years old, married with four children, were both residents of Zahedan. Abdolbaset Toutazeh, 38, from the village of Geragheh in Nosratabad, Zahedan; Abdolnaser Toutazeh, 38, married with eight children, from the village of Chah Rahman in Nosratabad, Zahedan; and Ne’matollah Toutazeh, 33, married with eight children and residing in Zahedan, were sentenced to death in a joint case. Additionally, a woman from Yazd, whose identity remains unknown, sentenced to death for “murder”, was among the executed prisoners.
According to other reports, Salah Rahimi, a 39-year-old married man and father of three from the village of Malekshah in Sanandaj, was also sentenced to death on charges related to “drug offenses.”
The execution of these seven prisoners was carried out at dawn on Sunday, December 15, in Yazd Central Prison.
No official report
As of the time of this report, the execution of these prisoners 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.