In the final week of Mehr (seventh month of Persian calendar (October 15–21, 2025), the ruling regime in Iran launched a new wave of executions. Within just seven days, at least 56 prisoners were executed across the country — a shocking rate equivalent to one execution every three hours. Among those executed were two women and a juvenile offender.
This latest surge in executions comes amid repeated warnings by human rights organizations over the unprecedented rise in death penalties across Iran. According to domestic reports, the month of Mehr (September 23 to October 22 2025 in the Gregorian calendar) has become the bloodiest month for prisoners in four decades — since the 1988 massacre — with at least 252 executions carried out nationwide.
Executions Between 15 and 21 October 2025
15 October – Mass execution of 24 prisoners in several cities
– Tabriz Prison: Shaban Ezzati and Abolfazl Gorusi (36), charged with homicide.
– Qom Prison: Soltan Morad Mohammadi, charged with homicide.
– Ahvaz Prison: Mohammad Naeimi and Kazem Omidi (32), charged with homicide.
– Taybad Prison: Maziar Fathi, charged with drug-related offenses.
– Nahavand Prison: Nahid Hemmati, one of the two women executed this week.
– Shiraz Prison: Sajjad Shahriyari, Touraj Rostami (27), Nasir Babamohammadi (34), Mansour Bideli (34), and Kafieh Qobadzadeh (30), the second woman executed this week.
– Isfahan Prison: Maziar Bahrami (30), charged with homicide.
16 October – Four prisoners executed in different provinces
– Kerman Prison: Jaber Nadi and Jalal Mahmoudi, charged with homicide.
– Shahroud Prison: Mohammadreza Cheraghi, charged with homicide.
– Qom Prison: Reza Yousefi (25), charged with homicide.
18 October – Four prisoners executed in Khorramabad, Qom, and Arak
– Khorramabad Prison: Farshad Sanaei (43), from Doroud, arrested five years ago for homicide.
– Qom Prison: Javad Naeimi, charged with homicide.
– Arak Prison: Mehdi Hamzeipour, charged with homicide.
– Khorramabad Prison: Kamran Amini, charged with homicide.
19 October – Seven prisoners executed in various provinces
– Neyshabur Prison: Milad Forouzandeh (27), arrested five years ago after a street fight and convicted of homicide.
– Shahrekord Prison: Sammad Azizi, charged with homicide.
– Borazjan Prison: Ayoub Vali, charged with homicide.
– Arak Prison: Moslem Soleimani Dehkordi and Nima Torkman, charged with homicide.
– Kahnooj Prison: Farhang Hoot Nemdadi, charged with homicide.
– Bam Prison: Gholam Nemati, charged with homicide.
20 October – Nine prisoners executed, including a juvenile offender
– Sepidar Prison (Ahvaz): Ali Aghajeri Peyvand (22), a juvenile offender who was 17 at the time of arrest, executed for homicide.
– Sepidar Prison (Ahvaz): Sajjad Shokri, executed for homicide.
– Nahavand Prison: Noormohammad Asgari, executed for homicide.
– Taybad Prison: Three Afghan nationals, including one identified as Khaled, executed for drug offenses.
– Kerman Prison: Hamid (last name unknown), executed for drug-related crimes.
21 October – Eight prisoners executed in multiple prisons
– Adelabad Prison (Shiraz): Amirhamzeh Shahouzehi, from Zahedan, arrested five years ago on drug charges.
– Vakilabad Prison (Mashhad): Jalil Ashouri, executed for drug-related offenses.
– Dizelabad Prison (Kermanshah): Eghbal Khazaei and Ahmad (last name unknown), both executed for homicide.
– Ilam Prison: Mahyar Afrashteh, executed for homicide.
– Prisons in Kermanshah, Kerman, and Ilam: several other inmates executed, identities under review.
Deaths Due to Denial of Medical Care
– Qezel Hesar Prison: Hassan Sahraei died after being denied medical treatment.
– Adelabad Prison (Shiraz): Sajjad Shabani died due to delayed transfer to hospital.
Violation of International Obligations and the Right to Life
This surge in executions constitutes a clear violation of Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which guarantees every individual the right to life, and Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which permits the death penalty only in exceptional cases and following a fair trial. In most of these cases, the judicial process lacked transparency, and defendants were deprived of access to independent legal counsel.
International Call to Action
Human rights organizations and the international community must take urgent action to halt the ongoing wave of executions in Iran. Continued silence will only embolden the regime to persist in its systematic violations of the right to life and its use of the death penalty as a tool of repression.
