Execution of a Prisoner in Jiroft Prison

Breathing in Confinement, Wednesday, July 22, 2026: The death sentence of at least one prisoner, who had previously been arrested on a charge of “murder” and sentenced to death, was carried out in Jiroft Prison.

According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, a prisoner was hanged at dawn on Wednesday, July 22, in Jiroft Prison. The prisoner has been identified by Breathing in Confinement as Ali Ahmad Yousefi.

According to the report, Ali Ahmad Yousefi, originally from the village of Chah Morad in Kahnuj and a resident of Jiroft, had previously been arrested on a charge of “murder” and subsequently sentenced to death by the judiciary. His sentence was carried out at dawn on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in Jiroft Prison.

No official announcement
At the time of publication, no official sources had announced the execution of this prisoner.

Annual report on executions in Iran
According to the annual report of the Statistical Centre of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, between March 2025 and March 2026, at least 2,616 individuals were executed in Iran. Of these, 12 executions were carried out in public. The executed individuals included 67 women and 8 juvenile offenders.