Two prisoners, including a woman, executed in Mashhad Central Prison

Hengaw - Saturday, August 2, 2025

The death sentences of female prisoner Mahtab Bayati and male prisoner Ali Ashraf Khani—previously convicted in a joint case on charges related to “drug offenses”—were carried out in Mashhad Central Prison, also known as Vakilabad.

According to information received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, at dawn on Thursday, July 31, 2025, both Bayati and Khani were executed in Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad.

The two had been arrested on charges linked to “drug offenses” and subsequently sentenced to death by the judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The executions had not been reported by state media, particularly outlets affiliated with the judiciary.