On September 19, 2022, an inmate convicted of drug-related crimes was injured in Karaj Central Penitentiary, Alborz Province.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, on September 19, 2022, the Karaj Central Penitentiary officials executed an inmate identified as Sirus Sha’alani, 22.

This execution has not been reported by official sources and media outlets inside Iran so far.