In the early hours of Monday, December 1, 2025 (10 Azar 1404), the death sentence of Tayeb Minai, a prisoner convicted of premeditated murder, was carried out at Sepidar Prison in Ahwaz.

Minai had been arrested several years earlier on charges of intentional homicide and was subsequently sentenced to death by a criminal court. Despite the execution having taken place, neither the prison authorities nor the judiciary have issued any official statement confirming the event.

Human rights organizations note that only a small fraction of executions in Iran are publicly announced. The vast majority occur without transparency, often conducted in secrecy, without media coverage, and in many instances without granting prisoners the customary final visit with their families — a practice that continues to raise serious concerns about due process and accountability in the country’s penal system.