Death Sentence Carried Out for Prisoner in Shushtar Prison
17-June-2025
Category: executions
16 June 2025
News Category: Execution
Breathing in Confinement – At dawn on Thursday, 13 June 2025, the death sentence of at least one prisoner who had previously been arrested and sentenced to death on charges of “murder” was carried out in Shushtar Prison.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the execution took place in the early hours of Thursday. The identity of the executed prisoner is still being investigated by Breathing in Confinement.
According to the report, the individual had been arrested on 29 December 2013 on charges of murdering Peyman Mohammadi Khas (Monjezi) and was later sentenced to death. The sentence was carried out at dawn on Thursday, 13 June 2025, in Shushtar Prison.
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.