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Execution of Shapur Ashkani in Shushtar Prison After 11 Years of Imprisonment

17-June-2025

Category: executions

17 June 2025
News category: Execution

Breathing in Confinement – At dawn on Thursday, 13 June 2025, the death sentence of at least one prisoner convicted of “murder” was carried out in Shushtar Prison.

According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the prisoner was identified as Shapur Ashkani, a resident of Shushtar, whose identity has now been confirmed by Breathing in Confinement. In an earlier report, his identity had been stated as “under investigation.”

 

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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