Execution of Abbas Fatehi at Amirabad Prison in Gorgan
1-April-2025
Category: executions
31 March 2025
Category: Executions
Breathing in Confinement, At dawn on Saturday, 29 March 2025, the execution of at least one prisoner who had been convicted of “murder” was carried out at Amirabad Prison in Gorgan.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, a prisoner was executed at dawn on Saturday, 29 March 2025, in Gorgan Prison. The identity of the executed prisoner has been confirmed as Abbas Fatehi.
According to the Breathing in Confinement reporter, Abbas Fatehi, a resident of Gorgan, had been arrested four years ago on charges of murdering his cousin and was subsequently sentenced to death. His sentence was carried out at dawn on Saturday, 29 March, at Amirabad Prison in Gorgan.
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, five people were executed in public, and the executed also included 38 women and 9 juvenile offenders.