January 16, 2025
News Category: Execution
Breathing in Confinement: At dawn on Thursday, January 16, the execution of at least one prisoner, who had been arrested and sentenced to death on charges of “murder,” was carried out in Sanandaj Prison.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, a prisoner identified as Sivan Yaghoubi was executed early Thursday morning, January 16, in Sanandaj Prison for the charge of “murder.”
As per the Breathing in Confinement reporter, Sivan Yaghoubi, a resident of Bisaran village in the Sarvabad district, had previously been arrested and sentenced to death for the charge of “murder.” The sentence was carried out at dawn on Thursday, January 16, in Sanandaj Prison.
As of the time of this report, the execution of this prisoner has not been announced by official resources.
Annual Report on Executions in Iran
According to the annual report of the Statistics Center of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, at least 848 citizens were executed in 2023. Of these, 7 were executed in public. 57 percent of the executions were for drug related charges.
