16 December 2024 :
December 15, 2024 - IRAN. 6 men + 1 woman executed in Yazd on December 15
Mohammad Ali Kharkouhi, Reza Kharkouhi, Abdolbaset Toutazehi, Abdolnasser Toutazehi, Ne’matollah Toutazehi, Salah Rahimi + unidentified woman
According to a report received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, at dawn on Sunday, December 15, 2024, the executions of seven prisoners, including one woman, were carried out at Yazd Central Prison.
The identities of these prisoners have been confirmed for Hengaw as: Mohammad Ali Kharkouhi, 36, and a father of one, Reza Kharkouhi, 43, and a father of four, both brothers and from Zahedan, Abdolbaset Toutazehi, 38, a father of two from Goragheh, Nosratabad, Zahedan, Abdolnasser Toutazehi, 38, a father of eight from Chah Rahman, Nosratabad, Zahedan, Ne’matollah Toutazehi, 33, from Zahedan, Salah Rahimi, 39, a father of three from Malekshah village in Sanandaj.
The identity of the executed female prisoner remains under investigation.
The Kharkouhi brothers were arrested seven years ago in a joint case in Yazd and sentenced for drug-related offenses, Abdolbaset, Abdolnasser, and Ne’matollah Toutazehi were arrested six years ago in a joint case and sentenced to death on similar charges. Salah Rahimi had been sentenced on drug-related charges. The woman was sentenced to death for murder.
The news of these executions has not been publicized by state media or outlets affiliated with the judiciary.
https://hengaw.net/en/news/1403-09-article-98
https://wncri.org/2024/12/15/yazd-central-prison-one-woman-executed/