20 February 2026
News category: Execution
Breathing in Confinement – The death sentence of at least one prisoner, who had been arrested and sentenced to death on charges of “murder,” was carried out in Kashmar Prison.
According to information received by reporters from Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, in the early hours of Sunday, 15 February 2026, a prisoner was executed by hanging in Kashmar Prison. The identity of the prisoner has been confirmed by Breathing in Confinement as Navid Shabanian.
Navid Shabanian, a native of Kashmar, had previously been arrested on charges of “murder” and sentenced to death. The sentence was carried out at dawn on Sunday, 15 February 2026, in Kashmar 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.
