Iran's Killing Spree Continues Amid Global Outcry
An Iranian prisoner accused of the murder of an IRGC Basij member in 2019 was executed on Tuesday as the regime's killing spree continues.
An Iranian prisoner accused of the murder of an IRGC Basij member in 2019 was executed on Tuesday as the regime's killing spree continues.
Saleh Mottahari-Rad, the legal and parliamentary affairs deputy of the provincial law enforcement commander in Khuzestan province, made the announcement regarding the execution.
According to Mottahari-Rad, the prisoner was accused of killing an officer named Yaser Sepidrou and a Basij militia member named Mohammad Ali Kazemi.
The incident reportedly occurred on December 3, 2019, in Shadegan county and according to media outlets the convict was apprehended on the spot for the murder charge, but the location of the execution has not been disclosed.
Local media have refrained from disclosing the name and identity of the executed person.
Simultaneously, the execution sentence of at least three other inmates—Hamid Bakhshayesh, Eqbal Fat’hollahi, and Mohsen Amrayi—was carried out in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj. The three individuals were sentenced to death on charges related to drug offenses.
In mid-November, both the UN Human Rights Committee and Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, expressed concerns in separate statements about the accelerated implementation of death sentences in Iran. The UN Human Rights Committee's report emphasized the severity of executions in Iran, covering charges related to drug crimes and insulting the government and religion.
On November 2, the UN published a report stating that the Islamic Republic executed at least 419 individuals in the first seven months of the current year. This figure represents a 30% increase compared to the same period in 2022.
