Execution of Malek Parsa Carried Out in Amol Prison
25-February-2025
Category: executions
February 20, 2025
News Category: Execution
Breathing in Confinement, Wednesday, February 19, 2025 – At dawn on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, the death sentence of at least one prisoner, who had been arrested and sentenced to execution on charges of murder, was carried out in Amol Prison.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, early on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, a prisoner convicted of murder was executed in Amol Prison. The identity of this prisoner has been confirmed as Malek Parsa.
According to the Breathing in Confinement reporter, Malek Parsa, a resident of Esko Mahalleh village, near Amol, had previously been arrested and sentenced to death on murder charges. The issued sentence was carried out at dawn on Wednesday, February 19, in Amol Prison.
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 of the Statistics Center of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, at least 848 citizens were executed in 2023. Of these, 7 were executed in public. 57 percent of the executions were for drug related charges.