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iranwire – Iran executed 12 people across 11 prisons on murder and drug-related charges, a human rights organization reported.
The prisoners were hanged on Saturday and Sunday in Khorramabad, Aligudarz, Saveh, Qom, Semnan, Arak, Nishapur, Bandar Abbas, Gorgan, Qazvin, and Sanandaj.
Nine of the executions took place on Sunday, according to the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights.
Yavar Farhadi, Golmirza Nejati, and Ali Ashraf Khodaei were hanged for murder in Khorramabad, Aligudarz, and Saveh prisons. Khosro Nemati, Milad Mirzakhani, and Nouraddin Asgari were executed on drug charges in Qom, Semnan, and Arak prisons.
Hassan Bahmani, 28, was executed in Nishapur after being arrested three years earlier in connection with an honor killing, Hengaw reported.
Masoud Ehsani was hanged for murder in Bandar Abbas, while Abbas Hosseini was executed on drug charges in Gorgan.
Three prisoners were executed on Saturday. Alimorad Ansari, 51, and Hossein Kochar’i were hanged in Qazvin Prison on drug transportation charges. Amin Panahizadeh, a Kurdish prisoner, was executed for murder in Sanandaj Central Prison.
At least 260 prisoners were executed across Iran in November, the highest monthly figure recorded in the country in 20 years.
The executions represent a 106 per cent increase from November 2024, when 126 prisoners were put to death.
