5 October 2025
News group: Executions –
Breathing in Confinement – The death sentence of at least one prisoner who had been arrested on drug-related charges was carried out in Shiraz Prison.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, at dawn on Sunday, 5 October 2025, a prisoner was hanged in Shiraz Prison. The prisoner’s identity, Jahanbakhsh Rakhshani, has been verified by Breathing in Confinement.
Jahanbakhsh Rakhshani, a Baluch citizen, had previously been arrested on drug-related charges and sentenced to death. His sentence was carried out at dawn on Sunday, 5 October 2025, in Shiraz 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.
