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Execution of a Prisoner in Tabriz Prison

13-August-2024

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August 12, 2024
News Category: Execution

Breathing in Confinement: In the early hours of Saturday, August 10, 2024, the death sentence of a prisoner convicted of “murder” was carried out in Tabriz Prison.

According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, a prisoner convicted of “murder” was executed in Tabriz Prison early on Saturday, August 10, 2024. The identity of this prisoner, Mohammad Ansari Qeshlaq, son of Allahverdi, has been confirmed by Breathing in Confinement.

According to an informed source, Mohammad Ansari, known as Mohammad Japoni, was arrested on charges of “murder” and sentenced to death. The report states that Mr. Ansari was hanged this morning in the courtyard of Tabriz Prison after the victim’s family refused to grant him clemency.

As of the time of this report, the execution of this prisoner has not been announced by official sources.

According to the Statistics Center of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, at least 46 prisoners have been executed in various prisons over the past seven days. The Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, warning of a new and increasing wave of executions amid tensions with Israel, calls on international authorities to take decisive action to prevent further executions.

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.

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