Prisoner Executed in Dastgerd Prison, Isfahan
20-August-2025
Category: executions
20 August 2025
News group: Executions –
Breathing in Confinement – The death sentence of at least one prisoner who had been arrested on drug-related charges and sentenced to death was carried out in Dastgerd Prison, Isfahan.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, at dawn on Wednesday, 20 August, a prisoner was executed in Dastgerd Prison, Isfahan. His identity has been confirmed by this human rights organisation as Hossein Karimi. Breathing in Confinement had previously reported on his transfer to solitary confinement in preparation for execution.
Hossein Karimi, 35, from Khomeini Shahr, had earlier been arrested on drug-related charges and sentenced to death. The sentence was carried out at dawn on Wednesday, 20 August 2025, in Dastgerd Prison, Isfahan.
No official report
As of the time of this report, the execution of this prisoner has not been announced by official resources.
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.