18 executions on October 16; 337 executions, including 13 women, during the tenure of Pezeshkian
On Sunday, October 20, Ali Khamenei’s henchmen hanged a female prisoner named Nastaran Firoozi along with two other prisoners named Hassan Yousefi and Siamak Molaei in Tabriz, and a prisoner named Bahman Sheikh Hosseini, aged 32, in Birjand.
On October 19, Behzad Ghaffari and Javad Ebrahimi were executed in Tabriz prison, and Reza Abbasi was hanged in Rasht prison. On Wednesday, October 16, 18 prisoners were subjected to a brutal mass execution. Among those executed were Yousef Shirvani and Jafar Sami in Zanjan, Mohammad Ashoori in Isfahan, Ramin Mohammadvand in Dezful, Rahmat Rahim Pour and Rashid Ataei in Torbat-e Jam, a prisoner named Nemat in Urmia, Reza Karimi Zarasvand in Farrokhshahr of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, and another prisoner in Qezelhessar prison. The names of nine other executed individuals were previously announced.
On Thursday, October 17, in addition to the execution of six prisoners whose names were announced on October 18, Mahmoud Bamari was executed in Kahnuj. On October 13, twelve prisoners were executed, with the names of ten of them having been previously announced. Two other prisoners named Ali Najari and Ali Asghar Kujvari were also executed in Tabriz on that same day.
On October 17, Noor Ali Koohkan died in Zabol prison due to a lack of medical care.
Thus, the number of prisoners executed since August and during the tenure of Massoud Pezeshkian has reached at least 337, including 13 women, which is significantly higher than in previous comparable periods.
The Iranian regime, surrounded by internal and external crises and struggling in the quagmire of a war it was the primary instigator of, has resorted to increased executions out of fear of uprising and overthrow. The Iranian Resistance calls on the United Nations, relevant organizations, the European Union, and its member states to take urgent action to save the lives of prisoners on death row. Inaction in the face of this wave of executions is seen by the mullahs’ regime as a green light to continue its crimes.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
21 October 2024