The concerning rise in executions in Iran continues, with a wave of executions taking place across various cities. The number of recorded executions in the last 15 days has reached 82, a shocking figure indicating that, on average, nearly six people are executed daily in Iran.
Between May 28 and June 4, 2025, at least eight more prisoners were executed in the prisons of Ghezel Hesar, Urmia, Yasuj, Semnan, and Manoojan:
Yasuj Prison (June 3): Behnam Ghaffari, 31, from Jolfa and father of a child, was executed on drug-related charges.
Manoojan Prison (June 3): Majid Behzadi (Bamari), 38, from Zahakloot, was executed on drug-related charges.
Semnan Prison (June 2): Mohammad Amin Rostegari was executed on charges of murder.
Urmia Central Prison (June 2): Nabizadeh, from the village of Gajin near Urmia, was executed on drug-related charges.
Execution Spree in Qezel Hesar Prison:
Tuesday, June 2, 2025: Three prisoners were executed:
Shokrollah, an Afghan national, who had been arrested 11 years ago on charges of rape and murder.
Behzad, arrested 5 years ago on murder charges.
An unnamed prisoner arrested in November 2021 on charges of murdering his brother-in-law.
Executions in Isfahan Prison:
At dawn on Tuesday, June 2, 2025, two prisoners, Habib Almasi (35, married, father of two) and Jebreil Hashemzadeh (30), were executed in Isfahan Prison. The two were close relatives (cousins) from Birjand and had been arrested four years earlier in a joint case. They were eventually sentenced to death for murder.
Executions in Ghezel Hesar Prison (Karaj):
On the same day, Sajjad Nabizadeh and Yasin Aghaei were executed in Qezel Hesar Prison, Karaj. Official sources stated the charge was “murder,” but no further details about their legal proceedings were made public.
Execution in Qom Prison:
At dawn on Sunday, June 1, 2025, Shahriar Khalafi was executed in Qom Prison on drug-related charges. He had previously been arrested in connection with these charges and was later sentenced to death.
Execution of a Young Afghan Man in Taybad Prison:
On the same day, Shoaib Abdulhaq Mohammadi, a 23-year-old Afghan national from Pul-e-Khumri, was executed in Taybad Prison. He had been arrested three years earlier on drug-related charges. After spending three years in detention, his death sentence was carried out.
Also on May 28, 2025, Abbas Jan-Mohammadi, a resident of Lahijan, was executed in the same prison on murder charges.
