At dawn on Tuesday, 4 Azar 1404 (25 November 2025), the death sentence of a prisoner previously convicted of murder was carried out in Behbahan Prison.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists in Iran, the identity of the executed prisoner has been confirmed as Behzad Alipour. He had been arrested earlier and sentenced to death by a criminal court.
As of the time of this report, prison authorities and related institutions have issued no official statement regarding the execution.
According to the annual report of the Statistical and Publication Center of Human Rights Activists in Iran, between 10 October 2024 and 8 October 2025, at least 1,537 people were executed in Iranian prisons—an approximately 86.07% increase compared to the previous year. However, only about 5.86% of these executions were officially announced, highlighting a lack of transparency and accountability in the implementation of the death penalty in Iran.
