Report on the Execution of a Prisoner in Sabzevar Prison

28-April-2025

27 April 2025
News Category: Executions

Breathing in Confinement – At dawn on Thursday, 17 April 2025, the execution of a prisoner who had been arrested on charges of “murder” was carried out in Sabzevar Prison.

According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, early Thursday morning, 17 April 2025, a prisoner was executed in Sabzevar Prison. The identity of the prisoner has been confirmed as Saeed Amirizadeh.

According to Breathing in Confinement, Saeed Amirizadeh, 34 years old and married, had been arrested in 2019 on charges of “murder” and sentenced to death. The sentence was carried out at dawn on Thursday, 17 April 2025, in Sabzevar Prison.

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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