15 May 2025 :

May 13, 2025 - IRAN. Mohammad Reza Sabzi executed in Malayer on May 13.

16 at time of crime

The death sentence of Mohammad Reza Sabzi, a 20-year-old Lur man, was carried out at Malayer Central Prison. Sabzi was convicted of murder, and was only 16 years old at the time of the alleged offense.

According to information received by Hengaw, the execution was carried out at dawn on May 13, 2025. Sabzi, a resident of Aliabad in Malayer, Hamadan Province, was convicted and sentenced to death for the fatal stabbing of a friend named “Reza”. Sources close to the case reported that the incident occurred unintentionally during a fight, and despite Sabzi being a minor at the time, the Iranian judiciary handed down a death sentence, which was upheld and enforced four years later. No official announcement regarding the execution had been made by Iranian state media.

https://hengaw.net/en/news/2025/05/article-50