Report on the Execution of Eleven Prisoners in Prisons Across Iran

Breathing in Confinement, Wednesday, 14 October 2026: The death sentences of at least 11 prisoners who had previously been sentenced to death on charges of “murder” or drug-related offences were carried out between 30 September and 14 October in prisons in Gorgan, Semnan, Rasht, Yasuj and Tabriz.

According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, eleven prisoners were hanged in various prisons across the country in recent days. The prisoners have been identified as Habib Rakhmeshah, Manouchehr Nazari, Faramarz Akbarpour, Mehdi Ranjbaran, Masoud Khodayari, Behnam Mozaffarzadeh, Salar Rashidzadeh, Milad Safari, Ebrahim Khazeli, Ahmadreza Zivari and Sadegh Hatami.

According to the report, Habib Rakhmeshah (Noutizehi), 52, from a village in Gorgan County and a father of five, had been arrested approximately six years earlier on drug-related charges and subsequently sentenced to death. His execution was carried out at dawn on Wednesday, 14 October, in Gorgan Prison.

Manouchehr Nazari, 28, and Faramarz Akbarpour, 30, had been arrested and sentenced to death in a joint case involving the alleged “murder” of a man named Sasan following an altercation. Their executions were carried out at dawn on Sunday, 11 October, in Gorgan Prison.

In another case, Mehdi Ranjbaran, 48, from Shahroud and a father of two, had been arrested approximately two years earlier following an altercation that resulted in a death. He was subsequently sentenced to death on charges of “murder”. His execution was carried out at dawn on Sunday, 11 October, in Semnan Prison.

Masoud Khodayari and Behnam Mozaffarzadeh had been arrested two and four years earlier, respectively, in separate cases involving drug-related offences and subsequently sentenced to death. Their executions were carried out at dawn on Sunday, 11 October, in Rasht Prison.

According to another report, Salar Rashidzadeh, 49, originally from Qazvin and residing in Tehran, a father of three, had been arrested four years earlier on drug-related charges and sentenced to death. His execution was carried out at dawn on Wednesday, 7 October, in Yasuj Prison.

According to the report, Milad Safari, 39, a father of two, and Ebrahim Khazeli had been arrested approximately five and eight years earlier, respectively, in separate cases on charges of “murder” and subsequently sentenced to death. Their executions were carried out at dawn on Wednesday, 30 September, in Tabriz Prison.

In the same prison, Ahmadreza Zivari, 47, and Sadegh Hatami, 41, who had been arrested two and four years earlier, respectively, in separate cases involving drug-related offences and subsequently sentenced to death, were also executed at dawn on Wednesday, 30 September.

No Official Announcement by State Sources
At the time of publication of this report, no official source had announced the execution of these prisoners.

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.