HRANA News Agency – In recent days, the death sentences of three prisoners previously convicted of drug-related offenses and murder were carried out in Borujerd and Semnan prisons.
Iran Human Rights has reported the identities of the executed prisoners as Hatam Shahpasandi, 44, from Dorud in Lorestan Province; Morteza Kazemzadeh, 30, from Semnan; and Mohammadreza Basiri, 27, from Shahrud.
According to the report, Kazemzadeh was arrested about three years ago and Basiri about four years ago on drug-related charges. Both were sentenced to death and executed by hanging on Thursday morning, March 13, in Semnan Prison.
Hatam Shahpasandi, who was arrested five years ago on charges of murdering a friend and later sentenced to death, was executed on Monday, March 17, in Borujerd Prison.
As of the time of this report, the execution of these prisoners has not been officially announced by prison authorities or relevant institutions.
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.