On 10 October 2024, marking the World Day against the Death Penalty, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has documented the execution of at least 138 Kurdish prisoners in various prisons across Iran over the past year.
These executions, which took place between 10 October 2023 and 9 October 2024, highlight the Islamic Republic of Iran’s alarming use of the death penalty as a tool of repression and to spread fear throughout society.
Despite widespread international condemnation, Iran remains one of the world’s leading executioners.
KHRN strongly condemns these executions and stands in solidarity with global campaigns calling for an immediate end to the death penalty in Iran.
According to statistics compiled by KHRN, 78 of the recorded executions were for drug-related offences, 39 for “premeditated murder”, five for “armed robbery” and one for “rape”.
Additionally, 15 prisoners were executed on political charges, including seven for “spreading corruption on earth” (efsad-e fel-arz), seven for “espionage for Israel”, and one for the “premeditated murder” of an official of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Sahneh.
Many of the executions, according to documents obtained and interviews with the families of those executed and other sources, followed trials by the Islamic Revolutionary Courts and criminal courts in various cities that lacked transparency and fairness.
In some cases, political and religious prisoners reported being tortured into forced confessions. However, the courts dismissed allegations of torture and proceeded with the death sentences.
Name | From | Charged with | Execution date | Execution location | Explanation | |
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1 | Hossein Bahremand | Rabat, Sardasht | Drug trafficking | 11 Oct 2023 | Hamedan | |
2 | Hossein Mohammadi | Bukan | Drug trafficking | 12 Oct 2023 | Lakan, Rasht | |
3 | Yasser Golzardian | Kuhdasht | Drug trafficking | 17 Oct 2023 | Khorramabad | Executed after about 6 years of imprisonment |
4 | Fathollah Rashno | Kuhdasht | Drug trafficking | 19 Oct 2023 | Khorramabad | |
5 | Vahid Kakavand | Kuhdasht | Drug trafficking | 19 Oct 2023 | Khorramabad | |
6 | Khosrow Naghiani | Kuhdasht | Drug trafficking | 22 Oct 2023 | Karaj Central Penitentiary | 30 years old, executed after about 5 years of imprisonment |
7 | Khalil Mohammadi | Harsin | Drug trafficking | 30 Oct 2023 | Khorramabad | |
8 | Ghassem Abasteh | Mahabad | Spreading corruption on earth | 5 Nov 2023 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | |
9 | Rasoul Teymouri | Kuhdasht | Drug trafficking | 8 Nov 2023 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | |
10 | Farhad Aghaei | Ravansar | Premeditated murder | 8 Nov 2023 | Kermanshah | |
11 | Alireza Partovi | Sonqor | Premeditated murder | 8 Nov 2023 | Kermanshah | |
12 | Shahbaz Latifi Sarini | Salatin Village, Osmanvand County, Kermanshah | Premeditated murder | 14 Nov 2023 | Kermanshah | |
13 | Bagher Mohammadi Geravand | Kuhdasht | Drug trafficking | 15 Nov 2023 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | |
14 | Siamand Ostovar | Bukan | Drug trafficking | 20 Nov 2023 | Ardabil | |
15 | Mohammad Andishkouh | Kuhdasht | Drug trafficking | 22 Nov 2023 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | 29 years old |
16 | Moslem Jamshidi | Harsin | Drug trafficking | 22 Nov 2023 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | 55 years old |
17 | Eghbal Fathollahi | Ilam | Drug trafficking | 28 Nov 2023 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | |
18 | Mohsen Emraei | Kuhdasht | Drug trafficking | 28 Nov 2023 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | |
19 | Shahram Mohammad-Beygi | Ilam | Premeditated murder | 28 Nov 2023 | Ilam Central Prison | |
20 | Ali-Agha Mohammadi | Malekshahi, Ilam | Premeditated murder | 28 Nov 2023 | Ilam Central Prison | 47 years old |
21 | Nasser Maghsoudi | Darrehshahr, Ilam | Premeditated murder | 28 Nov 2023 | Ilam Central Prison | |
22 | Ayoub Karimi | Mahabad | Spreading corruption on earth | 29 Nov 2023 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | Sunni Kurdish prisoner |
23 | Mojtaba Amiri | Harsin | Drug trafficking | 5 Dec 2023 | Ghezel Hesar, Karaj | |
24 | Manouchehr Barzegar | Harsin | Drug trafficking | 5 Dec 2023 | Ghezel Hesar, Karaj | |
25 | Sirous Heidari | Sanandaj | Premeditated murder | 6 Dec 2023 | Sanandaj | Paraded through the streets of Sanandaj on the orders of the city’s prosecutor, in violation of the principle of human dignity |
26 | Khaled Rouhi | Sanandaj | Premeditated murder | 6 Dec 2023 | Sanandaj | |
27 | Kamal Elhami | Saqqez | Rape | 6 Dec 2023 | Saqqez | |
28 | Sowlat Tawsan | Orumiyeh | Drug trafficking | 8 Dec 2023 | Orumiyeh | |
29 | Janali Nadimi | Orumiyeh | Drug trafficking | 8 Dec 2023 | Orumiyeh | |
30 | Ali Shahinnezhad | Orumiyeh | Drug trafficking | 8 Dec 2023 | Orumiyeh | |
31 | Amin Zakeri Kakavand | Harsin | Drug trafficking | 12 Dec 2023 | Karaj Central Penitentiary | |
32 | Khalil Hajiabadi | Kangavar | Drug trafficking | 12 Dec 2023 | Karaj Central Penitentiary | |
33 | Hamid Esmaeili | Kuhdasht, Lorestan Province | Drug trafficking | 12 Dec 2023 | Karaj Central Penitentiary | |
34 | Davoud Khadem | Marivan | Premeditated murder | 13 Dec 2023 | Sanandaj | |
35 | Obaid Mahmoudi | Quri Qaleh, Ravansar | Premeditated murder | 13 Dec 2023 | Kermanshah | Had killed a woman in Ravansar |
36 | Farzad Gol-Mohammadi | Kamyaran | Premeditated murder | 20 Dec 2023 | Sanandaj | |
37 | Mohammad Reza Mehraban | Qorveh | Premeditated murder | 26 Dec 2023 | Sanandaj | 35 years old, arrested about 4 years ago |
38 | Mohammad Hesari | Kermanshah | Drug trafficking | 27 Dec 2023 | Birjand | 55 years old, married father of 2 |
39 | Ramin Faghiri | Kangavar | Drug trafficking | 27 Dec 2023 | Hamadan | 27 years old, executed after 3 years of imprisonment |
40 | Karim Amini-Khah | Bukan | Drug trafficking | 28 Dec 2023 | Bandar Abbas | 64 years old, executed after 6 years of imprisonment |
41 | Vafa Hanareh | Orumiyeh | Participation in intelligence cooperation and espionage for Israel | 29 Dec 2023 | Orumiyeh Central Prison | 35 years old, forced to confess after he was severely tortured and threatened with his family members being detained and raped |
42 | Aram Omari Berdiani | Orumiyeh | Participation in intelligence cooperation and espionage for Israel | 29 Dec 2023 | Orumiyeh Central Prison | 35 years old, forced to confess after he was severely tortured and threatened with his family members being detained and raped |
43 | Rahman Parhazou | Orumiyeh | Participation in intelligence cooperation and espionage for Israel | 29 Dec 2023 | Orumiyeh Central Prison | 34 years old, forced to confess after he was severely tortured and threatened with his family members being detained and raped |
44 | Abdol Shavali | Sirvan, Ilam | Drug trafficking | 30 Dec 2023 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | 39 years old, executed after 5 years in prison |
45 | Masoud Rostami | Kermanshah | Gang and armed robberies lead to making the roads unsafe and creating terror among the people and major damage to people's property | 1 Jan 2024 | Karaj Central Prison | |
46 | Manouchehr (Hojjatollah) Oghabi | Kermanshah | Gang and armed robberies lead to making the roads unsafe and creating terror among the people and major damage to people's property | 1 Jan 2024 | Karaj Central Prison | |
47 | Darioush Shekarzadeh | Kermanshah | Gang and armed robberies lead to making the roads unsafe and creating terror among the people and major damage to people's property | 1 Jan 2024 | Karaj Central Prison | |
48 | Navkhas Maleki (Malekzadeh) | Kermanshah | Gang and armed robberies lead to making the roads unsafe and creating terror among the people and major damage to people's property | 1 Jan 2024 | Karaj Central Prison | |
49 | Afshin Mohammadi | Kermanshah | Gang and armed robberies lead to making the roads unsafe and creating terror among the people and major damage to people's property | 1 Jan 2024 | Karaj Central Prison | |
50 | Davoud Abdollahi | Mahabad | Spreading corruption on earth | 2 Jan 2024 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | Executed after 14 years of imprisonment |
51 | Saeid (Ali) Moradian | Kangavar | Drug trafficking | 4 Jan 2024 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | |
52 | Mohammad Hossein Geravand | Lorestan highlands | Drug trafficking | 8 Jan 2024 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | |
53 | Kiyoumars Gholami | Sarableh, Ilam province | Drug trafficking | 8 Jan 2024 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | |
54 | Mohammad Ali Mirzaei | Nurabad, Lorestan | Drug trafficking | 9 Jan 2024 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | |
55 | Felit Abedi | Orumiyeh | Drug trafficking | 11 Jan 2024 | Qazvin Central Prison | |
56 | Meysam Habibi | Paveh | Premeditated murder | 11 Jan 2024 | Kermanshah Central Prison | 37 years old, executed after 7 years of imprisonment |
57 | Hadi Nazari | Harsin | Drug trafficking | 14 Jan 2024 | Karaj Central Prison | |
58 | Seyyed Hojjat Miri | Harsin | Drug trafficking | 14 Jan 2024 | Karaj Central Prison | |
59 | Akbar Taj | Nurabad, Lorestan | Drug trafficking | 14 Jan 2024 | Karaj Central Prison | |
60 | Amir Hossein Maleki | Nurabad, Lorestan | Drug trafficking | 14 Jan 2024 | Karaj Central Prison | |
61 | Ahmad Latifi | Nurabad, Lorestan | Drug trafficking | 14 Jan 2024 | Karaj Central Prison | |
62 | Akram Karimpour | Saqqez | Drug trafficking | 16 Jan 2024 | Hamadan Central Prison | 40-year-old father of two children, was in custody since 3 years ago |
63 | Mohsen Mehri | Ilam | Premeditated murder | 16 Jan 2024 | Ilam Central Prison | |
64 | Habib Darvishi | Kermanshah | Drug trafficking | 16 Jan 2024 | Hamadan Central Prison | 43 years old, father of two children |
65 | Jalil Soleymani | Kangavar | Drug trafficking | 17 Jan 2024 | Hamadan Central Prison | |
66 | Salman Salimi | Drug trafficking | 21 Jan 2024 | Hamadan Central Prison | ||
67 | Ahmad Haeri | Drug trafficking | 21 Jan 2024 | Hamadan Central Prison | ||
68 | Farhad Salimi | Saqqez | Spreading corruption on earth | 23 Jan 2024 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | 43-year-old Sunni Kurdish cleric, executed after 14 years in prison |
69 | Mohammad Reza Ghorbani | Abdanan | Drug trafficking | 28 Jan 2024 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | Executed after 5 years of imprisonment |
70 | Pezhman Fatehi | Kamyaran | Spying for Israel | 29 Jan 2024 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | 28 years old |
71 | Mohsen Mazloum | Mahabad | Spying for Israel | 29 Jan 2024 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | 27 years old |
72 | Mohammad Faramarzi | Dehgolan | Spying for Israel | 29 Jan 2024 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | 28 years old |
73 | Vafa Azarbar | Bukan | Spying for Israel | 29 Jan 2024 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | 26 years old |
74 | Ali Rajabian | Kuhdasht | Drug trafficking | 29 Jan 2024 | Karaj Central Prison | 50 years old, executed after 5 years in prison |
75 | Iraj Paki | Salmas | Drug trafficking | 19 Feb 2024 | Ardabil Central Prison | 38-year-old father of three, arrested about four years ago |
76 | Fakhraddin Mangournezhad | Oshnavieh | Premeditated murder | 7 Mar 2024 | Mahabad prison | |
77 | Abbas Dadvar | Mahabad | Premeditated murder | 7 Mar 2024 | Mahabad prison | |
78 | Moein Salavarzizadeh | Abdanan, Ilam Province | Premeditated murder | 11 Mar 2024 | Ilam Central Prison | 58 years old, executed after 32 years of imprisonment for killing his brother |
79 | Mansour Mansouri | Sarableh, Ilam Province | Premeditated murder | 11 Mar 2024 | Ilam Central Prison | 34 years old, his execution was carried out faster due to the pressure of the security institutions on the victim's family |
80 | Afshin Bagh-e Shirin | Kangavar | Drug trafficking | 13 Apr 2024 | Orumiyeh Central Prison | 39 years old, executed after 6 years of imprisonment |
81 | Arsalan Hashemi | Kermanshah | Drug trafficking | 14 Apr 2024 | Hamadan Central Prison | 31 years old, executed after 4 years of imprisonment |
82 | Jamal Mardani | Miandoab | Drug trafficking | 21 Apr 2024 | Kerman Central Prison | 54 years old, married and father of 4 children, arrested about 4 years ago |
83 | Pezhman Azizi | Kangavar | Premeditated murder | 24 Apr 2024 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | 22 years old, arrested 3 years ago for "premeditated murder" |
84 | Farzad Khademi | Saqqez | Premeditated murder | 25 Apr 2024 | Saqqez Prison | Arrested in July 2020 for "premeditated murder" |
85 | Faramarz Moradi | Salmas | Drug trafficking | 30 Apr 2024 | Ardabil Central Prison | Executed after 4 years of imprisonment |
86 | Anvar Khezri | Mahabad | Spreading corruption on earth | 1 May 2024 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | Executed after 14 years of imprisonment without the right to have a last meeting with his family |
87 | Ali Ashraf-Khani | Sarpol-e Zahab | Premeditated murder | 1 May 2024 | Dizel Abad Prison, Kermanshah | 45 years old, executed after 7 years of imprisonment |
88 | Majid Barati | Kuhdasht | Drug trafficking | 1 May 2024 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | 43 years old, executed after 6 years of imprisonment |
89 | Farzad Geravand | Kuhdasht | Drug trafficking | 1 May 2024 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | Executed after 6 years of imprisonment |
90 | Khosrow Babavaladeyni | Sarmaj village, Harsin | Premeditated murder | 1 May 2024 | Dizel Abad Prison, Kermanshah | 65 years old, executed after 10 years of imprisonment |
91 | Hossein Bayazidi | Miandoab | Drug trafficking | 5 May 2024 | Esfahan Central Prison | 51 years old, executed after 3 years of imprisonment |
92 | Hassan Moharrer | Lerni village, Orumiyeh | Drug trafficking | 8 May 2024 | Orumiyeh Central Prison | Executed after 5 years of imprisonment |
93 | Abdollah Hassanzadeh | Yangache village, Orumiyeh | Drug trafficking | 9 May 2024 | Orumiyeh Central Prison | |
94 | Hassan Choupani | Shahrestin village, Piranshahr | Drug trafficking | 9 May 2024 | Orumiyeh Central Prison | 35 years old, executed after 4 years of imprisonment |
95 | Hassan Arabi | Anbi village, Orumiyeh | Drug trafficking | 9 May 2024 | Orumiyeh Central Prison | 40 years old, executed after 6 years of imprisonment |
96 | Taher Abdolalipour | Balanj village, Orumiyeh | Drug trafficking | 9 May 2024 | Orumiyeh Central Prison | Executed after 5 years of imprisonment |
97 | Farrokh Khan Mohammadi | Golzar-e Haddad village, Ilam | Premeditated murder | 14 May 2024 | Ilam Central Prison | 60 years old, executed after 14 years of imprisonment |
98 | Reza Gholam-Hosseini | Ban-e Ziarat village, Ilam | Premeditated murder | 14 May 2024 | Ilam Central Prison | 21 years old, executed after one year of imprisonment |
99 | Reza Ghobadi | Kermanshah | Drug trafficking | 14 May 2024 | Shiraz Central Prison | |
100 | Khosrow Besharat | Mahabad | Spreading corruption on earth | 15 May 2024 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | 39 years old, executed after 14 years of imprisonment |
101 | Sirouss Hayatbini | Kuhdasht | Drug trafficking | 15 May 2024 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | |
102 | Mohammad Karim Fazeli | Kuhdasht | Drug trafficking | 15 May 2024 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | |
103 | Mohammad Reza Rahimpour | Nurabad | Drug trafficking | 15 May 2024 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | |
104 | Nasser Hajizadeh | Salmas | Drug trafficking | 18 May 2024 | Salmas Prison | 47-year-old father of 3 children, executed after 5 years of imprisonment |
105 | Mansour Nasseri | Bukan | Drug trafficking | 18 May 2024 | Orumiyeh Central Prison | 45 years old, executed after 5 years of imprisonment |
106 | Parviz Ghassemi | Orumiyeh | Drug trafficking | 18 May 2024 | Orumiyeh Central Prison | 35 years old, executed after 4 years of imprisonment |
107 | Ramin Lavandpour | Orumiyeh | Drug trafficking | 18 May 2024 | Orumiyeh Central Prison | 27 years old, executed after 4 years of imprisonment |
108 | Yousef Saeidi | Orumiyeh | Drug trafficking | 18 May 2024 | Orumiyeh Central Prison | 32 years old, executed after 4 years of imprisonment |
109 | Kaveh Bashangeh | Mahabad | Drug trafficking | 18 May 2024 | Salmas Prison | Executed after 4 years of imprisonment |
110 | Ramin Saadat | Miandoab | Premeditated murder | 18 May 2024 | Miandoab Prison | Executed after 4 years of imprisonment |
111 | Mojtaba Karami | Harsin | Drug trafficking | 7 July 2024 | Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz | 28 years old |
112 | Danyal Kazeminezhad | Eslamabad-e Gharb | Premeditated murder | 21 July 2024 | Dizel Abad Prison, Kermanshah | 30 years old, arrested on 8 July 2023 and was executed without informing his family |
113 | Khalil Jamali | Sarpol-e Zahab | Premeditated murder | 21 July 2024 | Dizel Abad Prison, Kermanshah | |
114 | Kamran Sheikheh | Mahabad | Spreading corruption on earth | 25 July 2024 | Orumiyeh Central Prison | Executed after 15 years in prison |
115 | Reza (Gholamreza) Rasaei | Sahneh | Involvement in intentional murder, involvement in the intentional infliction of non-fatal injuries, demonstrating strength with a knife, disrupting public order by creating chaos and commotion | 6 Aug 2024 | Dizel Abad Prison, Kermanshah | 35 years old, executed without informing his family or lawyer, and without the right to a final visit |
116 | Foroud Geravand | Kuhdasht | Drugs, premeditated murder | 7 Aug 2024 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | 50 years old, arrested and sentenced to death in 2015 |
117 | Mohammad Gholami | Kuhdasht | Drug trafficking | 7 Aug 2024 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | |
118 | Esmaeil Sharafi | Kuhdasht | Drug trafficking | 7 Aug 2024 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | |
119 | Shahab Maleki | Harsin | Drug trafficking | 7 Aug 2024 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | |
120 | Nasser Geravand | Kuhdasht | Drug trafficking | 10 Aug 2024 | Parsiloun Prison in Khorramabad | |
121 | Peyman Allah-Veysi | Sanandaj | Premeditated murder | 15 Aug 2024 | Sanandaj Central Prison | 37 years old, arrested 5 years ago |
122 | Nasser Shafiei | Takab | Premeditated murder | 15 Aug 2024 | Karaj Central Penitentiary | Resident of Tehran, arrested and sentenced to death about 4 years ago on the charge of "premeditated murder" of his wife |
123 | Reza Zard-Kouhi | Sabzevar | Drug trafficking | 15 Aug 2024 | Sabzevar Prison | 31 years old |
124 | Mohammad Karamizadeh | Kuhdasht | Premeditated murder | 19 Aug 2024 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | 37-year-old father of one, arrested and sentenced to death in 2014, his death sentence was commuted to 30 years in prison in 2018 |
125 | Mohammad Daghestani | Orumiyeh | Drug trafficking | 21 Aug 2024 | Midandoab Central Prison | |
126 | Mohammad Khaled Jahangiri | Orumiyeh | Drug trafficking | 22 Aug 2024 | Tabriz Central Prison | Father of 2 children from the village of Balu in Orumiyeh |
127 | Meysam Hossein-Khani | Kuhdasht | Premeditated murder | 28 Aug 2024 | Parsiloun Prison in Khorramabad | Arrested 3 years ago |
128 | Sirvan Aboubakri | Sardasht | Premeditated murder | 29 Aug 2024 | Mahabad Central Prison | Father of one from the village of Baveh in Sardasht |
129 | Saber Jamali | Kangavar | Premeditated murder | 1 Sept 2024 | Hamadan Central Prison | 29 years old, arrested about 5 years ago |
130 | Feyzollah Hosseinpour | Shahin Dej | Premeditated murder | 8 Sept 2024 | Midandoab Central Prison | Father of 3 children |
131 | Soleyman Ghahremani | Shahin Dej | Premeditated murder | 9 Sept 2024 | Midandoab Central Prison | 29 years old, arrested about 5 years ago |
132 | Sajjad Bandegi | Harsin | Drug trafficking | 10 Sept 2024 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | 35 years old |
133 | Kam-Bakhsh Mahmoudi | Bisotun | Premeditated murder | 25 Sept 2024 | Diezel Abad Prison in Kermanshah | 34 years old, arrested 2 years ago |
134 | Fazlollah Pournasiri | Kuhdasht | Drug trafficking | 2 Oct 2024 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | |
135 | Nima Moradi | Ilam | Premeditated murder | 1 Oct 2024 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | |
136 | Nasrollah Mennati | Ilam | Premeditated murder | 1 Oct 2024 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | |
137 | Mowloud Khaledian | Qorveh | Premeditated murder | 2 Oct 2024 | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | Arrested about 4 years ago |
138 | Ashkan Yari | Kermanshah | Drug trafficking | 5 Oct 2024 | Hamadan Central Prison |