The number of executions since Pezeshkian took office has reached 191
On Wednesday, September 25, 2024, coinciding with the presence of Massoud Pezeshkian, Ali Khamenei’s president, at the United Nations General Assembly, four prisoners—Rasoul Shanbedi in Shiraz, Jahanbakhsh Mahmoudi in Kermanshah, and two other prisoners in Karaj—were executed. On Tuesday, September 24, 2024, three prisoners—34-year-old Amirhossein Boroumand and 31-year-old Ali Afrooz in Lāhījān, and 32-year-old Yaser Balandeh—were hanged in Jiroft. On Monday, September 23, 2024, Malek Hossein Torkashvand in Hamedan, Saeed Alimardani and Mohammad Ghasaban in Qazvin, and Farzin Ahmadi in Shiraz were executed. On Thursday, September 26, 2024, 41-year-old Amanollah Nahtani was executed in Zahedan.
This brings the total number of recorded executions since Pezeshkian took office in July to 191.
The regime of the mullahs is increasing executions and repression to quell the uprising. However, this unrestrained violence only stokes the people’s anger and resentment.
The Iranian Resistance once again calls on the United Nations Human Rights Council, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights, and all human rights defenders to take immediate action to save the lives of prisoners facing execution. Silence and inaction in the face of a regime of execution, terror, and warmongering only encourage the continuation and escalation of its crimes, both inside and outside Iran.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
27 September 2024
