April 23, 2025
Category: Executions
Breathing in Confinement – At dawn on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, the death sentence of at least one prisoner who had been arrested and sentenced to death on drug-related charges was carried out in Hamedan Prison.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, one prisoner was hanged at dawn on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Hamedan Prison. The identity of the prisoner has been confirmed as Akbar Sheikhi.
According to the same report, Akbar Sheikhi, a resident of Hamedan, was arrested four years ago on drug-related charges and sentenced to death. The sentence was carried out at dawn on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Hamedan 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.
