Execution of Mehdi Heydari Torkashvand Carried Out in Hamedan Prison
25-July-2025
Category: executions
24 July 2025
News Category: Executions
Breathing in Confinement – The death sentence of at least one prisoner convicted on drug-related charges has been carried out in Hamedan Prison.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, at dawn on Wednesday, 23 July 2025, a prisoner was executed in Hamedan Central Prison. The prisoner has been identified as Mehdi Heydari Torkashvand.
Mehdi Heydari Torkashvand, 35, from Kangavar, had previously been arrested and sentenced to death for drug-related offences. His execution was carried out early Wednesday morning, 23 July 2025, in Hamedan 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.