Iran executes mother of two children at Shiraz Central Prison

Hengaw – Sunday, July 12, 2026

Iranian authorities executed Setayesh Mohammadpour convicted on drug-related charges at Shiraz Central Prison, also known as Adelabad Prison. She is the 10th woman executed in Iran since the beginning of 2026.

According to information obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Setayesh Mohammadpour, a 52-year-old mother of two from Jahrom, was executed at dawn on July 12, 2026, at Adelabad Prison in Shiraz. Her two children are 8 and 11 years old.

Sources familiar with the case said Mohammadpour had been arrested three years earlier on charges of transporting and possessing 9 kilograms of methamphetamine. She was later tried by the Revolutionary Court in Shiraz and sentenced to death.

Iranian state media and judicial authorities had not publicly announced the execution.

According to data compiled by Hengaw’s Statistics and Documentation Center, at least 10 women have been executed in Iranian prisons since the beginning of the current calendar year.