Surge in Executions at Adelabad Prison, Shiraz: Mohammad Barzegar Beigi and Mohammadreza Zare Moayedi Executed
25-May-2025
Category: executions
25 May 2025
News outlet: Executions
Breathing in Confinement – At dawn on Sunday, 25 May 2025, the death sentences of at least two prisoners who had previously been arrested and sentenced to death on charges related to drug offences were carried out in Adelabad Prison, Shiraz.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, two prisoners named Mohammad Barzegar Beigi and Mohammadreza Zare Moayedi were executed on Sunday morning in Shiraz Prison. Their identities have been confirmed by the organisation.
According to the report, Mohammad Barzegar, a resident of Shiraz, had been arrested on charges of transporting 96 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine and sentenced to death. Mohammadreza Zare Moayedi, a resident of the village of Deshmen Ziyari in Beyza County, had also been arrested on charges related to drug offences and sentenced to death.
Both executions were carried out at dawn on Sunday in Adelabad Prison, Shiraz.
No official report
As of the time of this report, the execution of these prisoners has not been announced by official resources.
Annual Report on Executions in Iran
According to the annual report by the Statistics Centre of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, at least 1,170 individuals were executed in Iran in 2024. Among them, six people were executed in public, and the executed also included 38 women and 9 juvenile offenders.