HRANA News Agency – At dawn on February 20, 2025, the death sentences of two prisoners convicted in separate cases of rape and murder were carried out in Mahabad Prison.
HRANA has identified the executed prisoners as Shahin Mahdavi and Soran Aminpour. According to available information, Mahdavi was sentenced to death for rape, while Aminpour was convicted of murder.
Both prisoners were transferred to solitary confinement a day before their executions.
As of the time of this report, prison authorities and relevant institutions have not publicly confirmed the executions.
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.