28 January 2026
News Category: Execution –
Breathing in Confinement – The death sentence of at least one prisoner, who had previously been arrested on charges of “murder” and sentenced to execution, was carried out at Ghezel Hesar Prison.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, in the early hours of Wednesday, 28 January 2026, a prisoner was hanged at Ghezel Hesar Prison. The identity of the executed prisoner has been confirmed as Saeed Malekian.
Saeed Malekian, son of Havassali, a native of Shahriar, had previously been arrested on charges of “murder” and sentenced to death. The sentence was carried out in the early hours of Wednesday, 28 January 2026, at Ghezel Hesar 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.
