Rise in Executions: Execution of a Mother of Two in Kerman’s Shahab Prison
7-June-2025
Category: executions
7 June 2025
News Category: Executions
Breathing in Confinement – At dawn on Sunday, 1 June 2025, the death sentences of at least two prisoners, including a female prisoner previously convicted on drug-related charges, were carried out in Kerman Central Prison.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, two prisoners were executed in Kerman Central Prison on the morning of Sunday, 1 June. Their identities, Masoumeh Karbakhsh and Mohammadreza Mansouri, have been verified by Breathing in Confinement.
As reported, Masoumeh Karbakhsh, daughter of Ali, a 39-year-old woman from the village of Taqiabad in Ravar, was married and the mother of two daughters aged 7 and 14. She was arrested four years ago on charges related to drug offences and sentenced to death. On 31 December 2024, during transfer for execution, she reportedly sustained a leg fracture for unknown reasons, and the execution was halted. On 1 June 2025, despite the rope breaking during the hanging, her sentence was ultimately carried out by hanging her for the second time.
Mohammadreza Mansouri, a resident of Zarand, whose execution on 1 June 2025 had previously been revealed by Breathing in Confinement, had been arrested five years earlier on drug-related charges and sentenced to death. Both executions were carried out at dawn on Sunday, 1 June 2025, in Shahab Prison, Kerman.
No official report
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.