HRANA News Agency – At dawn on Sunday, April 6, 2025, the death sentence of a prisoner previously convicted of murder was carried out in Qom Prison.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists in Iran, the executed prisoner has been identified as Samir Ghasemi. Mr. Ghasemi was arrested on murder charges and later sentenced to death by a criminal court.

As of the time of this report, his execution has not been officially announced by prison authorities or relevant institutions.

In 2024, the Department of Statistics and Publication of Human Rights Activists in Iran documented 812 cases related to the right to life, including the sentencing of 214 individuals to death and the execution of 930 individuals. Among these, 4 executions were carried out in public. Of those executed, 818 were male, 26 were female, and 5 were juvenile offenders—individuals under 18 years old at the time of their alleged crimes.