Mehdi Fathollapour Executed in Lakan Prison, Rasht

24-April-2025

April 23, 2025
Category: Executions

Breathing in Confinement – At dawn on Monday, April 21, 2025, the death sentence of at least one prisoner who had been arrested and sentenced to death on drug-related charges was carried out in Lakan Prison, Rasht.

According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, one prisoner was hanged at dawn on Monday, April 21, 2025, in Rasht Prison. The identity of the prisoner has been confirmed as Mehdi Fathollapour.

According to the report, Mehdi Fathollapour, a resident of Abyek, had been arrested three years ago on drug-related charges and sentenced to death. The sentence was carried out at dawn on Monday, April 21, 2025, in Lakan Prison, Rasht.

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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