Hafizeh Balochzehi Executed in Tehran Prison
16-May-2025
Category: executions
16 May 2025
News outlet: Executions
Breathing in Confinement – At dawn on Thursday, 15 May 2025, the death sentence of at least one female prisoner was carried out in Tehran Prison.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, a female prisoner was hanged in Tehran Prison in the early hours of Thursday, 15 May. Her identity has been confirmed as Hafizeh Balochzehi by the Breathing in Confinement team.
According to the report, Hafizeh Balochzehi, a 25-year-old woman from Saravan, had previously been arrested and sentenced to death. Her charges are unknown. Her execution was carried out without notifying her family and without the right to a final visit, in the early hours of Thursday, 15 May, in Tehran Prison.
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.