HRANA News Agency – At dawn on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, authorities in Malayer Prison, Hamadan Province, carried out the execution of a prisoner previously sentenced to death on murder charges.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists in Iran, the executed prisoner has been identified as Hojjat Torkaman.
Mr. Torkaman had been arrested on charges of murder and later sentenced to death by a criminal court.
As of the time of this report, prison officials and relevant authorities have not publicly announced the execution.
In 2024, the Department of Statistics and Publication of Human Rights Activists in Iran documented 812 cases related to the right to life, including the sentencing of 214 individuals to death and the execution of 930 individuals. Among these, 4 executions were carried out in public. Of those executed, 818 were male, 26 were female, and 5 were juvenile offenders—individuals under 18 years old at the time of their alleged crimes.