{"id":7414,"date":"2026-01-29T22:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T22:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bciran.org\/wplocationen\/?p=7414"},"modified":"2026-01-29T22:24:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T22:24:04","slug":"execution-of-saeed-melkian-carried-out-in-ghezel-hesar-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bciran.org\/wplocationen\/executions\/execution-of-saeed-melkian-carried-out-in-ghezel-hesar-prison","title":{"rendered":"Execution of Saeed Malekian Carried Out in Ghezel Hesar Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"126\" data-end=\"238\"><strong>28 January 2026<\/strong><br data-start=\"209\" data-end=\"212\" \/><strong>News Category:<\/strong> Execution \u2013<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"240\" data-end=\"439\"><strong data-start=\"240\" data-end=\"268\">Breathing in Confinement<\/strong> \u2013 The death sentence of at least one prisoner, who had previously been arrested on charges of \u201cmurder\u201d and sentenced to execution, was carried out at Ghezel Hesar Prison.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"441\" data-end=\"737\">According to <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Breathing in Confinement<\/span><\/span>, the news outlet of <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">the Prisoners&#8217; Rights League in Iran<\/span><\/span>, in the early hours of Wednesday, 28 January 2026, a prisoner was hanged at Ghezel Hesar Prison. The identity of the executed prisoner has been confirmed as <strong data-start=\"719\" data-end=\"736\">Saeed Malekian<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"739\" data-end=\"976\">Saeed Malekian, son of Havassali, a native of Shahriar, had previously been arrested on charges of \u201cmurder\u201d and sentenced to death. The sentence was carried out in the early hours of Wednesday, 28 January 2026, at Ghezel Hesar Prison.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No official report<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As of the time of this report, the execution of this prisoner has not been announced by official sources.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Annual Report on Executions in Iran<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the annual report by the Statistics Centre of the Prisoners\u2019 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>28 January 2026News Category: Execution &ndash; Breathing in Confinement &ndash; The death sentence of at least one prisoner, who had previously been arrested on charges of &ldquo;murder&rdquo; and sentenced to execution, was carried out at Ghezel Hesar Prison. 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