The death sentence of Ali Aghajeri, a juvenile offender who was arrested at the age of seventeen following a family dispute in the city of Behbahan, was carried out in Sepidar Prison of Ahvaz.
The human rights news agency HRANA reported on Monday, October 20, that about five years ago, when Aghajeri was only seventeen, he was arrested during a group altercation over farmland.
According to the report, one person was killed in the fight, and the criminal court sentenced Aghajeri to death on charges of premeditated murder.
A source close to Aghajeri’s family said that his relatives had tried over the years to pay blood money and seek forgiveness from the victim’s family, but their efforts were unsuccessful.
As of the time of this report, judicial authorities and Sepidar Prison officials have not officially confirmed the execution.
The execution of individuals who were under eighteen at the time of their alleged crime is a blatant violation of the Iranian regime’s international obligations, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which Iran is a signatory.
In a statement the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) announced the number of executions carried out over the past year as follows:
“Over the past year (from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025), the religious fascism ruling Iran has recorded a bloody and unprecedented record of cruelty and crime. During this period, the execution of 1,654 prisoners was documented across 31 provinces, representing a 2.3-fold increase compared to the same period the previous year (with 851 executions), and a 2.8-fold increase compared to the year before that (with 693 executions).”
These figures were compiled based on verification networks and independent sources due to the judiciary’s secrecy
On October 16, Amnesty International announced that more than one thousand executions have been reported in Iran since the beginning of 2025 and called for an immediate halt to all executions.
The international human rights organization reported that executions in Iran are carried out following unfair trials and are intended to suppress protests and minorities.
Hussein Baoumi, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said on Thursday, October 16, “UN Member states must confront the Iranian authorities’ shocking execution spree with the urgency it demands.”
He added that since the start of the 2022 protests, officials of Iran’s regime have used the death penalty “to instill fear among the population, crush dissent and punish marginalized communities.”
In this context, political prisoners across various prisons have expressed their opposition to the growing wave of executions in Iran through sit-ins, issuing statements, and participating in “No to Execution” campaigns.
In this context, political prisoners across various prisons have expressed their opposition to the growing wave of executions in Iran through sit-ins, issuing statements, and participating in “No to Execution” campaigns.
