IRAN - Moradkhan Garavand (L) and Murad Beyranvand (R)

IRAN - Moradkhan Geravand and Morad Biranvand executed in Khorramabad on November 29

November 29, 2023:

November 29, 2023 - Moradkhan Geravand (Murad Khan Garavand) and Morad Biranvand (Beyranvand) executed in Khorramabad on November 29.
According to information obtained by IHR, 2 men wereas executed in Khorramabad Central Prison on 29 November.
One was identified as 39-year-old Moradkhan Geravand.
A source told IHR: “Moradkhan Geravand was from Touh Khoshkeh village in Kouhdasht. He was arrested and sentenced to death for drug charges five years ago but the drugs weren’t his, they were discovered on someone else.”
The other was Morad Biranvand, 38, from Khorramabad. He too was sentenced for drugs.
Prior to execution, he granted forgiveness to his mother’s murderer, saving his life from death row.
A source told IHR: “Morad was arrested for drug charges around 8 years ago and sentenced to death. Morad’s mother was killed by someone four years ago, who was due to executed. The man’s family and some people sought Morad’s forgiveness. Authorities also told Morad ‘if you forgo execution, we won’t execute you.’ Morad save his mother’s murderer from death but the authorities didn’t keep their promised and executed him this morning.”
Morad previously did an interview with Hamshahri newspaper in which he explained that he was a driver and had just got engaged when he was arrested. A friend had asked him to deliver a package for him. However, he was arrested as soon as he set out to deliver it. He said helping his friend was the biggest mistake of his life and had tried to explain that the 4.4kg of heroin did not belong to him.
While behind bars, his mother had been murdered during a robbery. He explained how his views had changed on death row where he shared cells with the same people who he watched being taken to the gallows. “Life is short and I decided to forgive my mother’s murderer after I gained a better understanding in prison. I don’t expect anything in return and did it for god’s sake.”
At the time of writing, their executions have not been reported by domestic media in Iran.

https://iranhr.net/en/articles/6368/
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2023/11/the-number-of-executed-prisoners-in-khorram-abad-prison-increased-to-two
https://iranhr.net/en/articles/6365/