On Thursday, August 22, a prisoner, previously sentenced to death on murder charges, was executed in Nahavand Prison, Hamadan province, as reported by Iran Human Rights Organization.

The prisoner has been identified as “Vahid Abbasi, 33 years old and a resident of Nahavand.”

The report cites a source stating that Mr. Abbasi was arrested three years ago on murder charges and was later sentenced to death by the judiciary.

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

According to the Department of Statistics and Publication of Human Rights Activists in Iran, in 2023, at least 767 citizens, including 21 women and 2 juvenile offenders, were executed. Of these, the executions of 7 individuals were carried out in public. Additionally, during this period, 172 others were sentenced to death, with 5 of them sentenced to public execution. It is worth noting that during the same period, the initial death sentences of 49 other individuals were also upheld by the Supreme Court.