21 September 2025
News group: Executions –
Breathing in Confinement – The death sentence of at least one prisoner who had been arrested on charges related to “narcotics” and sentenced to death was carried out in Gachsaran Prison.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, at dawn on Sunday, 21 September 2025, a prisoner was executed in Gachsaran Prison. The identity of this prisoner, “Hossein Mousavi,” has been confirmed by Breathing in Confinement.
Hossein Mousavi, 31, from Abadan, had been arrested seven years ago on drug-related charges and sentenced to death. His sentence was carried out at dawn on Sunday, 21 September 2025, in Gachsaran Prison.
No official report
As of the time of this report, the execution of this prisoner has not been announced by official sources.
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.
