HRANA News Agency – On Thursday, February 20, 2025, a prisoner previously sentenced to death on murder charges was executed in Sepidar Prison, Ahvaz.
According to HRANA, the news agency of the Human Rights Activists in Iran, the executed prisoner has been identified as Babak Hajipour, 49, from Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan province.
A source close to Hajipour’s family confirmed the news to HRANA, stating: “In 1994, following a dispute, he was arrested and charged with murder. After serving four years in prison, he was acquitted and released. However, his case was reopened, and he was sentenced to death in absentia by the Criminal Court. In 2014, he was rearrested and transferred to Sepidar Prison in Ahvaz.”
As of the time of this report, prison and judicial authorities have not publicly announced the execution.
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.
