/ IHRightsAn unnamed man was executed in Ghezelhesar Prison on 7 October 2026 following a qisas sentence for murder, according to Javan Online, cited by Iran Human Rights. The same report said four other men taken to the gallows obtained extensions from the victims’ families and returned https://t.co/AQNyMLT3Nn22 Oct

Seven prisoners were hanged in Western Iran Today

23 Jan 14
Seven prisoners were hanged in Western Iran Today

Iran Human Rights, January 23: Seven prisoners were hanged in the prison of Kermanshah (western Iran) reported the Iranian state media.  Five of the prisoners were convicted of trafficking of 102 kilograms of various narcotic drugs and two were convicted of murder said the report. None of the prisoners were identified by name. According to the official and unofficial reports received by Iran Human Rights near 50 people have been executed in different Iranian cities since the beginning of 2014.

In an official statement published yesterday January 22, three UN right experts urged the Iranian authorities to halt the executions.