Number of Executions in Tabriz Prison Rises

Breathing in Confinement, Thursday, 16 July 2026: The death sentences of at least two prisoners who had previously been arrested on drug-related charges and sentenced to death were carried out in Tabriz Prison.

According to reporters from Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, two prisoners were hanged in Tabriz Prison at dawn on Wednesday, 15 July. The prisoners have been identified by Breathing in Confinement as Fardin Bernal and Sajjad Alizadeh Baneh Kakhi. Breathing in Confinement had reported the execution of Fardin Bernal the previous day.

According to the report, Fardin Bernal and Sajjad Alizadeh Baneh Kakhi, both from Tabriz, had previously been arrested in connection with the same case on drug-related charges and sentenced to death. Their sentences were carried out in Tabriz Prison on the morning of Wednesday, 15 July 2026.

No official announcement
At the time of publication, no official sources had announced the execution of these prisoners.

Annual report on executions in Iran
According to the annual report of the Statistical Centre of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, between March 2025 and March 2026, at least 2,616 individuals were executed in Iran. Of these, 12 executions were carried out in public. The executed individuals included 67 women and 8 juvenile offenders.