Alireza Rezaei Executed in Qom Prison
25-May-2025
Category: executions
25 May 2025
News outlet: Executions
Breathing in Confinement – At dawn on Sunday, 25 May 2025, the death sentence of at least one prisoner was carried out in Qom Central Prison. The prisoner had previously been arrested and sentenced to death on charges of murder.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, a prisoner named Alireza Rezaei was executed in Qom Prison at dawn on Sunday. His identity has been confirmed by the organisation.
According to the report, Alireza Rezaei, a member of the Shahsavan tribe and a resident of Qom, had been arrested and sentenced to death for committing murder. His sentence was carried out in the early hours of Sunday morning.
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.