HRANA News Agency – At dawn yesterday, April 9, 2025, at least four prisoners previously sentenced to death on separate murder charges were executed by hanging in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj.

The identities of three of them have been confirmed by HRANA as: Bahram Hodavand-Khani, a resident of Varamin; Salar Amir Jalali, a resident of Tehran; and Abolfazl Karimi, a resident of Karaj.

Based on information received by HRANA, the inmates had been arrested in separate cases on murder charges and later sentenced to death by the criminal court. Among them, Bahram had been on death row for 16 years.

On April 8, HRANA had reported the transfer of 10 inmates to solitary confinement in preparation for the execution of their death sentences. Three of them, who were sentenced to death for drug-related offenses, were returned to the ward after their executions were halted.

As of the time of this report, the execution of these prisoners has not been officially announced by prison authorities or relevant institutions.

According to data gathered by the Department of Statistics and Publication of Human Rights Activists, Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj witnessed the highest number of executions in 2024. For a comprehensive examination of the details and statistics surrounding the executions in Iran, refer to HRANA’s report.