Execution of Mehdi Hamze’i in Arak Prison

18 October 2025
News group: Executions –

Breathing in Confinement – The death sentence of at least one prisoner convicted on drug-related charges was carried out in Arak Prison.

According to Breathing in Confinement, at dawn on Saturday, 18 October 2025, a prisoner was hanged in Arak Prison. The prisoner’s identity, Mehdi Hamze’i, has been verified.

Mehdi Hamze’i, from Arak, had previously been arrested on drug-related charges, including transporting 148 grams of heroin, and was sentenced to death. His sentence was carried out at dawn on 18 October 2025 in Arak 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.