Execution of a Prisoner in Bandar Abbas Prison

15 April 2025
News Category: Execution

Breathing in Confinement – At dawn on Tuesday, 15 April 2025, the death sentence of at least one prisoner convicted of drug-related charges was carried out in Bandar Abbas Prison.

According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, one prisoner was executed in Bandar Abbas Prison in the early hours of Tuesday, 15 April 2025. The identity of the prisoner has been confirmed as Eyoub Berniaei (Sarhadi).

According to the report, Eyoub Berniaei, 37 years old, from Rameshk, married, was arrested three years ago on drug-related charges and subsequently sentenced to death. The sentence was carried out at dawn on Tuesday, 15 April 2025, in Bandar Abbas 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 by the Statistics Centre of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, at least 1,170 individuals were executed in Iran in 2024. Among them, six people were executed in public, and the executed also included 38 women and 9 juvenile offenders.