Six Unannounced Executions in Iran

According to a close source, on the morning of Wednesday, August 1, six prisoners were executed at Rajai Shahr Prison. The prisoners, all sentenced to death on murder charges, were transferred to the solitary confinement on Saturday, July 28.

Only one of the inmates, who were transferred to the solitary confinement, was able to return to his cell by asking for time from the plaintiffs, the other six were executed.

Neither the state-run media nor the Iranian Judiciary’s Public Relations announced these executions.

Considering the high number of unannounced executions, as well as the measures were taken by the authorities to prevent leaking news from prisons, there is a high probability that the number of the executions carried out in the last few months is much higher than what human rights organizations are aware of.

The suppression of Iranian human rights activists whose activities involved raising awareness and informing people also gives a cause for concern.

According to confirmed reports by Iran Human Rights (IHR), at least 36 people were executed in different Iranian cities in the month of July, 24 of whom were sentenced to death on murder charges.