02 April 2025 :

March 31, 2025 - IRAN. At least 58 prisoners were executed in prisons across the Islamic Republic of Iran during the month of March 2025. This marks an increase of at least 222% compared to March 2024, during which 18 executions were recorded.

Among those executed were at least four women—two in Urmia and one each in Mashhad and Isfahan. Three were convicted of murder and one of drug-related offenses. No executions of minors under the age of 18 were recorded during this period.

Notably, none of these executions were officially reported by Iranian state media or judiciary-affiliated outlets. Furthermore, four of the executions were carried out secretly, without prior notice to families or allowing final visits.

Breakdown by national and ethnic minorities:
Persian prisoners: 18 (31%)
Turkish prisoners: 14 (24%)
Lor prisoners: 6
Gilak and Mazani prisoners: 4
Afghan nationals: 4
Baloch prisoners: 3
Kurdish prisoners: 2
Tats, Arabs, and Turkmen: 1 each
Unknown: 4

Breakdown by Charges
Drug-related offenses: 30 (52%)
Murder: 28 (48%)

Breakdown of executions by provinces:
Razavi Khorasan Province: 9
East Azerbaijan Province: 6
Lorestan Province: 5
Hamadan and West Azerbaijan (Urmia): 4 each
Golestan, Mazandaran, Hormozgan, Qazvin, Isfahan: 3 each
Gilan, Fars, Semnan, Bushehr: 2 each
Markazi, Yazd, Kerman, Zanjan, Khuzestan, South Khorasan, Ardabil: 1 each

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