Execution of Seyed Ahmad Sajjadi, with an Ambiguous Case, in Arak Prison
9-November-2025
Category: executions
9 November 2025
News Category: Executions
Breathing in Confinement — The death sentence of at least one prisoner who had previously been arrested on charges related to “narcotics offences” and sentenced to death was carried out in Arak Prison.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, at dawn on Sunday, 9 November 2025, a prisoner was hanged in Arak Prison; the identity of this prisoner, Seyed Ahmad Sajjadi, has been verified by Breathing in Confinement.
Seyed Ahmad Sajjadi, 37, was arrested eight years ago on charges related to “narcotics offences” and sentenced to death. According to sources close to the case, he was arrested in connection with transporting 30 kilograms of non-industrial narcotics, but no substances were found on him, and the judicial process was full of ambiguities. Owing to the plurality of defendants, the Arak Criminal Court sentenced Seyed Ahmad Sajjadi to death under the title of complicity (assistance) in the offence of purchasing narcotics. The sentence was carried out at dawn on Sunday, 9 November 2025, in Arak Prison.
No official report
As of the time of this report, the execution of this prisoner has not been announced by official sources.
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.