According to reports received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, three prisoners were executed in Zanjan Central Prison on Sunday, September 27, 2026.
Fateh Shafiei, 33, a Turk from Zanjan and father of one, and Hassan Mahdipour, 30, a Turk from Mianeh, were among those executed. Shafiei had been arrested three years earlier, while Mahdipour had been arrested two years earlier.
The third prisoner, Aref Dorosti, 51, from Karaj and father of three, had been arrested three years earlier. All three prisoners were sentenced to death in separate cases involving “drug-related offenses.”
In a separate case, Mostafa Bikas, a 35-year-old Turk from Meshgin Shahr in Ardabil Province, was executed in Meshgin Shahr Central Prison on Sunday, August 9, 2026.
Bikas was married and the father of three children. He had been arrested six years earlier on a charge of “premeditated murder” involving a stabbing and subsequently sentenced to death.
Neither Iranian state media nor outlets affiliated with the judiciary have reported any of the four executions.
Execution in Isfahan
Iranian authorities executed Mahrokh (Roghayeh) Mirzaei, a 30-year-old woman sentenced to death for the alleged “murder” of her husband, at Isfahan Central Prison (Dastgerd Prison).
According to reports received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Mirzaei, originally from Khomeyni Shahr and residing in Isfahan, was executed at dawn on Monday, September 28, 2026.
Mirzaei was arrested three years earlier on charges of “premeditated murder” of her husband, who was also her maternal cousin. She was subsequently sentenced to death under Iran’s qisas (retribution-in-kind) law.
Neither Iranian state media nor judiciary-affiliated outlets have reported her execution.
Afghan national and former IRGC affiliate secretly executed on espionage charge in Karaj
Tourat Mohammadi, a 42-year-old Afghan national who previously worked for an organization affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has been executed on an espionage charge at Karaj Central Prison. His execution was carried out without prior notification to his family or lawyer.
According to information obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Mohammadi, a native of Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, and a father of four who resided in Qom, was executed at dawn on September 23, 2026.
Sources familiar with the case said Mohammadi had worked for an IRGC-affiliated organization before his arrest approximately two years ago. Following his arrest, he spent seven months undergoing interrogation at an IRGC Intelligence detention facility.
He was subsequently sentenced to death by the Iranian judiciary on a charge of “espionage.”
Mohammadi was transferred to Karaj Central Prison six days before his execution. According to Hengaw’s sources, the sentence was carried out secretly, without prior notification to his family or lawyer. He was also denied a final visit with his wife and children.
Execution in Ahvaz
Omid Moradi, a 37-year-old man who was arrested and sentenced to death in connection with a murder case when he was under 17, has been executed at Sepidar Prison in Ahvaz. Moradi was sentenced to death in a disputed case despite allegations that another person had committed the murder.
According to information obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Moradi, 37-year-old Lor man from Izeh, was executed at Sepidar Prison in the early hours of May 24, 2026.
Moradi was arrested 21 years ago, in 2005, when he was under 17. He was subsequently sentenced to death in a case marked by serious questions about his involvement in the killing.
Following his arrest, Moradi spent two years in a juvenile correctional facility before being transferred to Sepidar Prison in Ahvaz.
Informed sources reported that Moradi’s friend, Omid Davoudi, had committed the murder. Moradi was allegedly asked to confess to involvement in the killing to prevent his friend from being executed.
Davoudi was released from prison several years later and subsequently left Iran. Moradi, however, was sentenced to death on the basis of his initial confession after his friend fled the country.
Iranian state media and judicial authorities have not publicly announced Moradi’s execution.
Execution in Kermanshah
Iranian authorities executed Ehsan Norouzi, a Kurdish prisoner and follower of the Yarsan faith, at Kermanshah Central Prison, also known as Dizel Abad Prison, following his conviction for “premeditated murder.”
Based on information received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, the execution took place at dawn on Tuesday, September 29, 2026. Norouzi, a married man and father of one child, came from Palan Olya village in Dalahu County.
Iranian authorities arrested Norouzi in 2017 on a charge of “premeditated murder” following a group altercation in the Sarpol-e Zahab area. The Iranian judiciary subsequently sentenced him to death.
Neither Iranian state media nor the country's judicial authorities have publicly announced his execution.
Executions in Kerman
Iranian authorities have executed at least two prisoners, Ali Alizehi, a Baloch man, and Mehrdad Sheikhi, in prisons in Kerman and Isfahan. Both had previously been sentenced to death on charges related to “drug offenses.”
Based on information received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Alizehi, approximately 43 years old and a father of two from Zahedan, was executed at dawn on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, at Kerman Central Prison.
Informed sources said Alizehi had been arrested eight years earlier on charges related to “drug offenses” and subsequently sentenced to death by Iran’s judiciary.
Separately, Sheikhi was executed at dawn on Monday, September 28, 2026, at Isfahan Central Prison. He had been sentenced to death on charges related to “drug offenses.”
Neither execution had been announced by Iran’s state media or institutions affiliated with the judiciary.
Source: Hengaw, Staff, September 30, October 2, 2026
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