Transfer of a Prisoner to Solitary Confinement in Shiraz Central Prison for Execution
21-November-2024
Category: executions
November 19, 2024
Category: Execution
Breathing in Confinement: On Tuesday, November 19, 2024, at least one prisoner, arrested and sentenced to death on charges of “murder,” was transferred to solitary confinement in Adelabad Prison, Shiraz, in preparation for execution.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, this prisoner has been identified as Amrollah Dehghan.
Amrollah Dehghan, a resident of Kavar, was previously arrested and sentenced to death on charges of murder. His execution is scheduled to take place tomorrow in Adelabad Prison, Shiraz.
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.