According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, four men were hanged in Isfahan (Dastgerd ) Central Prison on 24 September 2025. Two of the men were sentenced to death on drug-related charges. Their identities have been established as 30-year-old Ali Keshavarz from the Qashqai tribe in Shiraz, and Sajad Aslani. Ali was arrested four years ago and Sajad, four years ago.
The other two men were sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder. Their identities have been established as Keyvan Rahmati, a 27-year-old man from Hamedan, and Ahmad Bakhtiar, a 45-year-old man from Isfahan who was known as “Taghi Ghasab.” Ahmad was arrested for a murder with a firearm seven years ago.
At the time of writing, their executions have not been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.
Drug-related executions have continuously risen every year since 2021. According to IHRNGO’s 2024 Annual Report on the Death Penalty, at least 503 people were executed for drug-related charges, of which only under 3% were announced by official sources. 17% of all drug-related executions in 2024 were Baluch minorities while they represent 2-6% of Iran’s population. At least 426 people were executed for drug-related offences in the first eight months of 2025.
Group Hanging of at Least 3 Men in Ghezel Hesar Prison
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); September 24, 2025: At least three men including Farshad Geravand, Ahmadreza Geravand and a man only identified as Amir were executed for drug-related offences in Ghezel Hesar Prison (Karaj).
According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, at least three men were hanged in Ghezel Hesar Prison on 24 September 2025. Their identities have been established as Farshad Geravand and Ahmadreza Geravand from Kouhdasht, and a man only identified as Amir.
They were sentenced to death on drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court.
At the time of writing, their executions have not been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.
Two executions in Kermanshah
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); September 23, 2025: Milad Jameh Shourani and Hadi Norouzi, two Kurdish men on death row for separate murders, were executed in Kermanshah Central Prison. With the previously reported execution of Saeed Ghobadi, three people were hanged at the prison that day.
According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were hanged in Kermanshah (Vakil Abad) Central Prison on 21 September 2025. Their identities have been established as 27-year-old Kazem (Milad) Jameh Shourani and 28-year-old Hadi Norouzi, two Kurdish men from Kermanshah.
Kazem was arrested for the murder of his maternal male cousin around seventeen months ago and Hadi was arrested five years ag. They were sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for separate murders by the Criminal Court.
Another Kurdish man named Saeed Ghobadi was previously reported to have been executed at the prison that day, bringing the total number of executions to three at the prison that day.
At the time of writing, their executions have not been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.
Those charged with the umbrella term of “intentional murder” are sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) regardless of intent or circumstances due to a lack of grading in law. Once a defendant has been convicted, the victim’s family are required to choose between death as retribution, diya (blood money) or forgiveness.
Crucially, while an indicative amount is set by the Judiciary every year, there is no legal limit to how much can be demanded by families of the victims. IHRNGO has recorded many cases where defendants are executed because they cannot afford to pay the blood money. Should the victim’s family choose execution, they are not only encouraged to attend, but also to physically carry out the execution themselves.
According to IHRNGO’s 2024 Annual Report on the Death Penalty, at least 419 people including a juvenile offender and 19 women, were executed for murder charges, the highest number of qisas executions since 2010. Only 12% of the recorded qisas executions were announced by official sources. In 2024, Iran Human Rights also recorded 649 cases of families choosing diya or forgiveness instead of qisas executions. In the first eight months of 2025, at least 375 people were executed for murder charges in Iran.
Execution in Taybad
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); September 23, 2025: Emad Keshvari, a man on death row for drug-related offences, was executed in Taybad Prison.
According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was hanged in Taybad Prison on 21 September 2025. His identity has been established as Emad Keshvari, a 30-year-old man.
He was arrested two years ago and sentenced to death on drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court.
At the time of writing, his execution has not been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.
Execution in Borazjan
ran Human Rights (IHRNGO); September 23, 2025: Ahmad Amoudi, a man on death row for murder, was executed in Borazjan Prison.
According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was hanged in Borazjan Prison on 15 September 2025. His identity has been established as 36-year-old Ahmad Amoudi.
He was arrested for six years ago and sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder by the Criminal Court.
At the time of writing, his execution has not been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.
Execution in Birjand
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); September 22, 2025: Behzad Nabavi, a man on death row for drug-related offences, was executed in Birjand Central Prison.
According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was hanged in Birjand Central Prison on 26 August 2025. His identity has been established as Behzad Nabavi from Kerman.
He was arrested on the Shousef to Bijar route on charges of carrying shisheh (methamphetamine) two years ago and sentenced to death on drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court.
His execution was carried out without his family being notified and the right to a last family visit.
At the time of writing, his execution has not been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.
Executions in Isfahan
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); September 22, 2025: Vahid Ebrahimi and Mousa Alizadeh, two men on death row for separate murders, were executed in Isfahan Central Prison. “Vahid didn’t allow anyone to put the noose around his neck, he put it around his own neck himself.”
According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were hanged in Isfahan (Dastgerd) Central Prison on 21 September. Their identities have been established as 33-year-old Vahid Ebrahimi from Veldan region in Isfahan and 28-year-old Mousa Alizadeh from Tabriz.
Vahid was arrested seven years ago and Mousa, five years ago. They were sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for separate murders by the Criminal Court.
An informed source told IHRNGO: “Vahid didn’t allow anyone to put the noose around his neck, he put it around his own neck himself. Mousa was convicted of a murder committed during a street fight.”
At the time of writing, their executions have not been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.
Execution in Arak
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); September 22, 2025: Rasoul Yari, a man on death row for drug-related offences, was executed in Arak Central Prison.
According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was hanged in Arak Central Prison on 21 September 2025. His identity has been established as Rasoul Yari, a 35-year-old man from Arak. He was arrested around four years ago and sentenced to death on drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court.
At the time of writing, his execution has not been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.
Source: Iran Human Rights, Staff, September 22-24, 2025
"One is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed,
but by the punishments that the good have inflicted."
but by the punishments that the good have inflicted."
— Oscar Wilde
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