Mohammad Amin Asadi Hanged for Armed Robbery; Milad Kiani at Imminent Risk of Execution

According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was hanged in Isfahan (Dastgerd) Central Prison on 28 May 2025. His identity has been established as Mohammad Amin Asadi from Isfahan.

He was arrested five years ago and sentenced to death on the charge of moharebeh (enmity against god) through armed robbery by the Revolutionary Court.

A prisoner named Milad Kiani who is on death row for murder, is currently awaiting the gallows in the pre-execution solitary confinement cells of the prison. He is at imminent risk of execution.

At the time of writing, Mohammad Amin Asadi’s execution has not been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.

Article 279 of the IPC defines moharebeh (enmity against God) as: “drawing a weapon on the life, property or honour of the public or causing them terror, in a way that creates an environment of insecurity.” When a person draws a weapon on one or several specific individuals with personal motives, but their action does not have a public element, and also a person who draws a weapon on the public but does not create an atmosphere of insecurity due to their incompetence, they shall not be considered a mohareb (person who commits moharebeh).

Article 281 of the IPC stipulates that “bandits, robbers and smugglers who resort to arms and disrupt the security of the public and roads, shall be considered mohareb.”

Article 282 of the IPC sanctions the death penalty in cases of moharebeh. However, power is granted to judges to impose the alternative punishments of crucifixion, amputation of the right hand and left foot, or domestic exile away from the defendant’s hometown.