Transfer of 8 Prisoners to Solitary Confinement in Ghezel Hesar Prison for Execution
30-October-2024
Category: executions
October 29, 2024
News Category: Execution – Prisoners
Breathing in Confinement: On Monday, October 28, 2024, at least eight prisoners were transferred to solitary confinement in Ghezel Hesar Prison in preparation for execution.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Monday, October 28, 2024, at least eight death row prisoners were moved to solitary confinement cells in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj in preparation for their executions.
According to a report from Breathing in Confinement, the eight prisoners, convicted of drug-related offenses, had their last meetings with their family members and were scheduled for execution on the morning of Tuesday October 29, 2024.
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.