Breathing in Confinement

19 May 2025
News outlet: Executions

Breathing in Confinement – At dawn on Sunday, 18 May 2025, the death sentence of at least one prisoner, who had previously been arrested and sentenced to death on charges of rape, was carried out in Mahallat Prison.

According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, an Afghan national was hanged at dawn on Sunday, 18 May, in Mahallat Prison. The identity of the prisoner has not been disclosed.

According to the report, following a woman’s complaint that she had been raped by an Afghan national, the accused was arrested. As stated in a public notice by the judiciary of Mahallat County, after judicial proceedings and confirmation of the death sentence by the Supreme Court, the execution was carried out in Mahallat Prison. The report does not mention the prisoner’s identity.