Yousef Esmaeili Executed in Bandar Abbas Prison
22-May-2025
Category: executions
21 May 2025
News Category: Executions
Breathing in Confinement – At dawn on Tuesday, 13 May 2025, the death sentence of at least one prisoner previously convicted of drug-related offences was carried out in Bandar Abbas Central Prison.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the execution took place early Tuesday morning. The identity of the prisoner has been confirmed by Breathing in Confinement as Yousef Esmaeili.
Yousef Esmaeili, known as “Osta the Mechanic,” was the son of Mohammad and a native of Sardasht. He had been arrested three years ago on drug-related charges and was sentenced to death. His sentence was carried out at dawn on Tuesday, 13 May, in Bandar Abbas 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.