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Execution of Ali Omidi at Khorramabad Prison

18-August-2025

Category: executions

 

18 August 2025
News category: Executions –
Breathing in Confinement – The death sentence of at least one prisoner convicted of “murder” was carried out at Khorramabad Central Prison.

According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on the morning of Monday, 18 August, one prisoner was hanged at Khorramabad Central Prison. His identity has been confirmed as Ali Omidi-Moghaddam.

Ali Omidi-Moghaddam, from Veysan in Lorestan Province, had previously been arrested following a conflict that resulted in “murder” and was sentenced to death. The execution was carried out at dawn on Monday, 18 August 2025, at Khorramabad Central 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.

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