Two prisoners executed in Shiraz Central Prison

Hengaw – Tuesday, August 18, 2026

At least two prisoners, Mohammad Ali Pazireh and Hassan Kordi, were executed in Shiraz Central Prison (Adelabad Prison) after being sentenced to death in separate cases on charges of “premeditated murder.”

According to information received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, the executions were carried out in the early hours of Sunday, August 16, 2026. Pazireh was from Marvdasht.

Informed sources told Hengaw that both men had previously been sentenced to qisas (retribution in kind) by the Iranian judiciary in separate cases on charges of “premeditated murder.”

The executions of the two prisoners have not been announced by Iran’s state media or judiciary-affiliated outlets.