Prisoner Executed at Arak Central Prison
16-April-2025
Category: executions
16 April 2025
News Category: Executions
Breathing in Confinement – At dawn on Tuesday, 15 April 2025, the death sentence of at least one prisoner convicted of drug-related charges was carried out at Arak Prison.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, a prisoner was hanged at Arak Prison in the early hours of Tuesday, 15 April 2025. The identity of the executed individual has been confirmed as Gholamali Mashallah’i.
According to the report, Gholamali Mashallah’i, a resident of Arak, was arrested two years ago on charges related to drug offences and sentenced to death. According to those familiar with his case, the judicial process was unfair and lacked sufficient evidence. The sentence was carried out at dawn on Tuesday, 15 April 2025, at Arak 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.