Mohammadreza Sheikhi Executed in Isfahan Prison

Breathing in Confinement, Wednesday, 30 September 2026: The death sentence of at least one prisoner, who had previously been arrested on charges related to “drug offences” and sentenced to death, was carried out in Isfahan Prison.

According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, a prisoner was hanged in Isfahan Prison in the early hours of Monday, 28 September. The prisoner has been identified by Breathing in Confinement as Mohammadreza Sheikhi.

According to the report, Mohammadreza Sheikhi, a 29-year-old resident of Emrabad, Varamin, was previously arrested along with three other defendants on a charge of transporting 480 kilograms of morphine. They were subsequently sentenced to death by the judiciary. The death sentences of the other defendants in his case had previously been carried out. Mohammadreza Sheikhi’s death sentence was carried out at dawn on Monday, 28 September, in Isfahan Prison.

Breathing in Confinement had previously reported the execution of another prisoner, Abdolghani Salarzehi, on charges related to “drug offences” in Isfahan Prison on the same day.

No Official Announcement by State Sources

At the time of publication of this report, no official source had announced the execution of this prisoner.

Annual Report on Executions in Iran

According to the annual report of the Statistics Centre of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, at least 2,616 people were executed in Iran during the Iranian year 1404. Of these, 12 were executed in public. The executions also included 67 women and eight juvenile offenders.