Execution of Three Prisoners Carried Out in Amirabad Prison, Gorgan
19-July-2025
Category: executions
19 July 2025
News Category: Executions –
Breathing in Confinement – On Saturday, 19 July 2025, the death sentences of at least three prisoners convicted of rape were carried out in Amirabad Prison in Gorgan.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, citing the Iranian judiciary’s official outlet Mizan, three prisoners were hanged at dawn on Saturday, 19 July. The official report did not disclose the identities of the executed individuals.
However, Breathing in Confinement has verified the identities of two of the executed prisoners as Alireza Eshterak and Mohammad Eshterak, whose transfer to solitary confinement ahead of execution was reported yesterday.
Alireza Eshterak, son of Yaqub, and Mohammad Eshterak, son of Mahmoud—both from Qareh Tappeh village, a district of Aq Qala—had been arrested three years ago on charges of rape and kidnapping. Local sources indicate that the two were accused of abducting and raping two girls. However, the complainants later withdrew their complaints and granted legal pardon.
Despite the victims’ consent and withdrawal of charges, the Golestan Provincial Criminal Court issued death sentences for both men, citing the “public aspect of the crime” as justification for the ruling.
All three prisoners reportedly had their final visitations with family members the day before the execution. Their sentences were carried out at dawn on Saturday, 19 July 2025, in Gorgan Central Prison.