Execution of a Prisoner in Shiraz Prison

Breathing in Confinement, Thursday, 8 October 2026: The death sentence of at least one prisoner, who had previously been arrested on a murder charge and sentenced to death, was carried out in Adelabad Prison in Shiraz.

According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, a prisoner was hanged in Shiraz Prison at dawn on Wednesday, 7 October. Breathing in Confinement has confirmed the identity of the prisoner as Mehdi Alizadeh.

According to the report, Mehdi Alizadeh, from Shiraz, had previously been arrested on a murder charge and subsequently sentenced to death by the judiciary. His sentence was carried out at dawn on Wednesday, 7 October, in Shiraz Prison.

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.