Death sentences of ten prisoners carried out across Iran
Hengaw – Thursday, August 7, 2025
The death sentences of ten prisoners have been carried out in recent days across five Iranian prisons — located in Isfahan, Gorgan, Karaj, Mashhad, and Yazd. The executed individuals — Mojtaba Izadi, Reza Sharifzadeh, Naser Javadi, Ali Rajaei, Hossein Rostami, Ehsan Saeedi, Manouchehr Saeedi, Farhad Tavakoli, Hassan Amoosi (Ejbaari), and Behnam Samalpour — had been convicted in separate cases on charges including drug-related offenses, rape, and premeditated murder.
According to information received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on the morning of Wednesday, August 6, 2025, five executions were carried out at Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan.
Mojtaba Izadi (37), Reza Sharifzadeh (39), Naser Javadi (46), and Ali Rajaei (42) had each been convicted of drug-related offenses and imprisoned for between three and five years before their executions.
The fifth prisoner, 26-year-old Hossein Rostami, had been sentenced to death for rape. All five were transferred from wards 4 and 8 and executed in the early hours of the morning.
At Gorgan Central Prison, two cousins — Ehsan Saeedi (26) and Manouchehr Saeedi (28) — were executed. They had been arrested more than two years ago on charges of killing a friend in what authorities described as an “honor-related” case.
In Karaj Central Prison (Nedamatgah), Farhad Tavakoli was executed the same day for drug-related charges. Details surrounding his case remain limited.
That morning, Hassan Amoosi (Ejbaari) — a 45-year-old Baloch man from Zahedan and father of eight — was hanged in Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad. He had been imprisoned for three years following his conviction on drug trafficking charges. According to sources, Amoosi was denied a final visit with his family and was transferred to solitary confinement the day before his execution.
Separately, on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, Behnam Samalpour BabaAhmadi, a 26-year-old from Fooladshahr in Isfahan Province, was executed at Yazd Central Prison. He had been arrested five years earlier and convicted on drug-related charges.
None of these executions have been officially announced by Iranian state media, including outlets affiliated with the judiciary.
