Execution of Three Prisoners Carried Out in Ghezel Hesar Prison, Karaj
21-May-2025
Category: executions
21 May 2025
News Category: Executions
Breathing in Confinement –
At dawn on Wednesday, 21 May 2025, the death sentences of at least three prisoners were carried out in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj. These individuals had been convicted of “murder” and drug-related offences.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the identities of the three executed prisoners have been confirmed as Morteza (first name only), Alim Barahouei, and Jahanshah Afshar.
According to the report, Morteza, a resident of Mashhad, had been previously arrested and sentenced to death for murder. Alim Barahouei, aged 67 and from Zahedan, was arrested in 2019 on drug-related charges and sentenced to death by the Karaj Criminal Court. Jahanshah Afshar was also arrested and sentenced to death for murder.
The executions were carried out in the early hours of Wednesday at Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj.
As of the time of this report, the execution of these prisoners 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.