Execution of a Prisoner in Ahvaz Prison
18-November-2025
Category: executions
18 November 2025
News Category: Executions
Breathing in Confinement — The death sentence of at least one prisoner, previously arrested on a charge of murder and sentenced to death, was carried out in Ahvaz Prison.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, at dawn on Monday, 17 November 2025, a prisoner identified as Reza Kemaei-zadeh was hanged in Ahvaz Prison.
Reza Kemaei-zadeh, son of Ghodratollah, from Eslamabad village (Behbahan), had previously been arrested on a charge of murder and sentenced to death. The sentence was carried out at dawn on Monday, 17 November 2025, in Ahvaz Prison.
No official report
As of the time of this report, the execution of these prisoners 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.