Execution of a Prisoner in Sanandaj Prison
27-December-2025
Category: executions
27 December 2025
News Group: Executions
Breathing in Confinement — 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 Sanandaj Prison.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, in the early hours of Saturday, 27 December 2025, a prisoner was executed by hanging in Sanandaj Prison. The identity of the executed prisoner has been confirmed as Vihan Shahmohammadi.
Vihan Shahmohammadi had previously been arrested and sentenced to death on charges of “murder.” His execution was carried out in the early hours of Saturday, 27 December 2025, in Sanandaj Prison.
No official report
As of the time of this report, the execution of this prisoner 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.