Execution of Hossein Shiravand at Parsiloun Prison in Khorramabad

2-May-2025

2 May 2025
News category: Execution

Breathing in Confinement – At dawn on Thursday, 1 May 2025, the death sentence of a prisoner convicted of “murder” was carried out at Parsiloun Prison in Khorramabad.

According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, a prisoner was executed at the central prison in Khorramabad in the early hours of Thursday, 1 May 2025. The identity of the prisoner — Hossein Shiravand — has been confirmed by Breathing in Confinement.

According to the report, Hossein Shiravand, son of Seyed Hadi, 28 years old, a resident of Khorramabad, was arrested two years ago on charges of “murder” and was sentenced to death. The sentence was carried out at dawn on Thursday, 1 May 2025, at Parsiloun Prison in Khorramabad.

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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