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.

NameFromCharged withExecution dateExecution locationExplanation
1Hossein BahremandRabat, SardashtDrug trafficking11 Oct 2023 Hamedan
2Hossein MohammadiBukanDrug trafficking12 Oct 2023 Lakan, Rasht
3Yasser GolzardianKuhdashtDrug trafficking17 Oct 2023KhorramabadExecuted after about 6 years of imprisonment
4Fathollah RashnoKuhdashtDrug trafficking19 Oct 2023Khorramabad
5Vahid KakavandKuhdashtDrug trafficking19 Oct 2023Khorramabad
6Khosrow NaghianiKuhdashtDrug trafficking22 Oct 2023Karaj Central Penitentiary30 years old, executed after about 5 years of imprisonment
7Khalil MohammadiHarsinDrug trafficking30 Oct 2023Khorramabad
8Ghassem AbastehMahabadSpreading corruption on earth5 Nov 2023Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
9Rasoul TeymouriKuhdashtDrug trafficking8 Nov 2023Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
10Farhad AghaeiRavansarPremeditated murder8 Nov 2023Kermanshah
11Alireza PartoviSonqorPremeditated murder8 Nov 2023Kermanshah
12Shahbaz Latifi SariniSalatin Village, Osmanvand County, KermanshahPremeditated murder14 Nov 2023Kermanshah
13Bagher Mohammadi GeravandKuhdashtDrug trafficking15 Nov 2023Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
14Siamand OstovarBukanDrug trafficking20 Nov 2023Ardabil
15Mohammad AndishkouhKuhdashtDrug trafficking22 Nov 2023Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj29 years old
16Moslem JamshidiHarsinDrug trafficking22 Nov 2023Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj55 years old
17Eghbal FathollahiIlamDrug trafficking28 Nov 2023Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
18Mohsen EmraeiKuhdashtDrug trafficking28 Nov 2023Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
19Shahram Mohammad-BeygiIlamPremeditated murder28 Nov 2023Ilam Central Prison
20Ali-Agha MohammadiMalekshahi, IlamPremeditated murder28 Nov 2023Ilam Central Prison47 years old
21Nasser MaghsoudiDarrehshahr, IlamPremeditated murder28 Nov 2023Ilam Central Prison
22Ayoub KarimiMahabadSpreading corruption on earth29 Nov 2023Ghezel Hesar Prison in KarajSunni Kurdish prisoner
23Mojtaba AmiriHarsinDrug trafficking5 Dec 2023Ghezel Hesar, Karaj
24Manouchehr BarzegarHarsinDrug trafficking5 Dec 2023Ghezel Hesar, Karaj
25Sirous HeidariSanandajPremeditated murder6 Dec 2023SanandajParaded through the streets of Sanandaj on the orders of the city’s prosecutor, in violation of the principle of human dignity
26Khaled RouhiSanandajPremeditated murder6 Dec 2023Sanandaj
27Kamal ElhamiSaqqezRape6 Dec 2023Saqqez
28Sowlat TawsanOrumiyehDrug trafficking8 Dec 2023Orumiyeh
29Janali NadimiOrumiyehDrug trafficking8 Dec 2023Orumiyeh
30Ali ShahinnezhadOrumiyehDrug trafficking8 Dec 2023Orumiyeh
31Amin Zakeri KakavandHarsinDrug trafficking12 Dec 2023Karaj Central Penitentiary
32Khalil HajiabadiKangavarDrug trafficking12 Dec 2023Karaj Central Penitentiary
33Hamid EsmaeiliKuhdasht, Lorestan ProvinceDrug trafficking12 Dec 2023Karaj Central Penitentiary
34Davoud KhademMarivanPremeditated murder13 Dec 2023Sanandaj
35Obaid MahmoudiQuri Qaleh, RavansarPremeditated murder13 Dec 2023KermanshahHad killed a woman in Ravansar
36Farzad Gol-MohammadiKamyaranPremeditated murder20 Dec 2023Sanandaj
37Mohammad Reza MehrabanQorvehPremeditated murder26 Dec 2023Sanandaj35 years old, arrested about 4 years ago
38Mohammad HesariKermanshahDrug trafficking27 Dec 2023Birjand55 years old, married father of 2
39Ramin FaghiriKangavarDrug trafficking27 Dec 2023Hamadan27 years old, executed after 3 years of imprisonment
40Karim Amini-KhahBukanDrug trafficking28 Dec 2023Bandar Abbas 64 years old, executed after 6 years of imprisonment
41Vafa HanarehOrumiyehParticipation in intelligence cooperation and espionage for Israel29 Dec 2023Orumiyeh Central Prison35 years old, forced to confess after he was severely tortured and threatened with his family members being detained and raped
42Aram Omari BerdianiOrumiyehParticipation in intelligence cooperation and espionage for Israel29 Dec 2023Orumiyeh Central Prison35 years old, forced to confess after he was severely tortured and threatened with his family members being detained and raped
43Rahman ParhazouOrumiyehParticipation in intelligence cooperation and espionage for Israel29 Dec 2023Orumiyeh Central Prison34 years old, forced to confess after he was severely tortured and threatened with his family members being detained and raped
44Abdol ShavaliSirvan, IlamDrug trafficking30 Dec 2023Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj39 years old, executed after 5 years in prison
45Masoud RostamiKermanshahGang and armed robberies lead to making the roads unsafe and creating terror among the people and major damage to people's property1 Jan 2024Karaj Central Prison
46Manouchehr (Hojjatollah) OghabiKermanshahGang and armed robberies lead to making the roads unsafe and creating terror among the people and major damage to people's property1 Jan 2024Karaj Central Prison
47Darioush ShekarzadehKermanshahGang and armed robberies lead to making the roads unsafe and creating terror among the people and major damage to people's property1 Jan 2024Karaj Central Prison
48Navkhas Maleki (Malekzadeh)KermanshahGang and armed robberies lead to making the roads unsafe and creating terror among the people and major damage to people's property1 Jan 2024Karaj Central Prison
49Afshin MohammadiKermanshahGang and armed robberies lead to making the roads unsafe and creating terror among the people and major damage to people's property1 Jan 2024Karaj Central Prison
50Davoud AbdollahiMahabadSpreading corruption on earth2 Jan 2024Ghezel Hesar Prison in KarajExecuted after 14 years of imprisonment
51Saeid (Ali) MoradianKangavarDrug trafficking4 Jan 2024Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
52Mohammad Hossein GeravandLorestan highlandsDrug trafficking8 Jan 2024Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
53Kiyoumars GholamiSarableh, Ilam provinceDrug trafficking8 Jan 2024Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
54Mohammad Ali MirzaeiNurabad, LorestanDrug trafficking9 Jan 2024Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
55Felit AbediOrumiyehDrug trafficking11 Jan 2024Qazvin Central Prison
56Meysam HabibiPavehPremeditated murder11 Jan 2024Kermanshah Central Prison37 years old, executed after 7 years of imprisonment
57Hadi NazariHarsinDrug trafficking14 Jan 2024Karaj Central Prison
58Seyyed Hojjat MiriHarsinDrug trafficking14 Jan 2024Karaj Central Prison
59Akbar TajNurabad, LorestanDrug trafficking14 Jan 2024Karaj Central Prison
60Amir Hossein MalekiNurabad, LorestanDrug trafficking14 Jan 2024Karaj Central Prison
61Ahmad LatifiNurabad, LorestanDrug trafficking14 Jan 2024Karaj Central Prison
62Akram KarimpourSaqqezDrug trafficking16 Jan 2024Hamadan Central Prison40-year-old father of two children, was in custody since 3 years ago
63Mohsen MehriIlamPremeditated murder16 Jan 2024Ilam Central Prison
64Habib DarvishiKermanshahDrug trafficking16 Jan 2024Hamadan Central Prison43 years old, father of two children
65Jalil SoleymaniKangavarDrug trafficking17 Jan 2024Hamadan Central Prison
66Salman SalimiDrug trafficking21 Jan 2024Hamadan Central Prison
67Ahmad HaeriDrug trafficking21 Jan 2024Hamadan Central Prison
68Farhad SalimiSaqqezSpreading corruption on earth23 Jan 2024Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj43-year-old Sunni Kurdish cleric, executed after 14 years in prison
69Mohammad Reza GhorbaniAbdananDrug trafficking28 Jan 2024Ghezel Hesar Prison in KarajExecuted after 5 years of imprisonment
70Pezhman FatehiKamyaranSpying for Israel29 Jan 2024Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj28 years old
71Mohsen MazloumMahabadSpying for Israel29 Jan 2024Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj27 years old
72Mohammad FaramarziDehgolanSpying for Israel29 Jan 2024Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj28 years old
73Vafa AzarbarBukanSpying for Israel29 Jan 2024Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj26 years old
74Ali RajabianKuhdashtDrug trafficking29 Jan 2024Karaj Central Prison50 years old, executed after 5 years in prison
75Iraj PakiSalmasDrug trafficking19 Feb 2024Ardabil Central Prison38-year-old father of three, arrested about four years ago
76Fakhraddin MangournezhadOshnaviehPremeditated murder7 Mar 2024Mahabad prison
77Abbas DadvarMahabadPremeditated murder7 Mar 2024Mahabad prison
78Moein SalavarzizadehAbdanan, Ilam ProvincePremeditated murder11 Mar 2024Ilam Central Prison58 years old, executed after 32 years of imprisonment for killing his brother
79Mansour MansouriSarableh, Ilam ProvincePremeditated murder11 Mar 2024Ilam Central Prison34 years old, his execution was carried out faster due to the pressure of the security institutions on the victim's family
80Afshin Bagh-e ShirinKangavarDrug trafficking13 Apr 2024Orumiyeh Central Prison39 years old, executed after 6 years of imprisonment
81Arsalan HashemiKermanshahDrug trafficking14 Apr 2024Hamadan Central Prison31 years old, executed after 4 years of imprisonment
82Jamal MardaniMiandoabDrug trafficking21 Apr 2024Kerman Central Prison54 years old, married and father of 4 children, arrested about 4 years ago
83Pezhman AziziKangavarPremeditated murder24 Apr 2024Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj22 years old, arrested 3 years ago for "premeditated murder"
84Farzad KhademiSaqqezPremeditated murder25 Apr 2024Saqqez PrisonArrested in July 2020 for "premeditated murder"
85Faramarz MoradiSalmasDrug trafficking30 Apr 2024Ardabil Central PrisonExecuted after 4 years of imprisonment
86Anvar KhezriMahabadSpreading corruption on earth1 May 2024Ghezel Hesar Prison in KarajExecuted after 14 years of imprisonment without the right to have a last meeting with his family
87Ali Ashraf-KhaniSarpol-e ZahabPremeditated murder1 May 2024Dizel Abad Prison, Kermanshah45 years old, executed after 7 years of imprisonment
88Majid BaratiKuhdashtDrug trafficking1 May 2024Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj43 years old, executed after 6 years of imprisonment
89Farzad GeravandKuhdashtDrug trafficking1 May 2024Ghezel Hesar Prison in KarajExecuted after 6 years of imprisonment
90Khosrow BabavaladeyniSarmaj village, HarsinPremeditated murder1 May 2024Dizel Abad Prison, Kermanshah65 years old, executed after 10 years of imprisonment
91Hossein BayazidiMiandoabDrug trafficking5 May 2024Esfahan Central Prison51 years old, executed after 3 years of imprisonment
92Hassan MoharrerLerni village, OrumiyehDrug trafficking8 May 2024Orumiyeh Central PrisonExecuted after 5 years of imprisonment
93Abdollah HassanzadehYangache village, OrumiyehDrug trafficking9 May 2024Orumiyeh Central Prison
94Hassan ChoupaniShahrestin village, PiranshahrDrug trafficking9 May 2024Orumiyeh Central Prison35 years old, executed after 4 years of imprisonment
95Hassan ArabiAnbi village, OrumiyehDrug trafficking9 May 2024Orumiyeh Central Prison40 years old, executed after 6 years of imprisonment
96Taher AbdolalipourBalanj village, OrumiyehDrug trafficking9 May 2024Orumiyeh Central PrisonExecuted after 5 years of imprisonment
97Farrokh Khan MohammadiGolzar-e Haddad village, IlamPremeditated murder14 May 2024Ilam Central Prison60 years old, executed after 14 years of imprisonment
98Reza Gholam-HosseiniBan-e Ziarat village, IlamPremeditated murder14 May 2024Ilam Central Prison21 years old, executed after one year of imprisonment
99Reza GhobadiKermanshahDrug trafficking14 May 2024Shiraz Central Prison
100Khosrow BesharatMahabadSpreading corruption on earth15 May 2024Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj39 years old, executed after 14 years of imprisonment
101Sirouss HayatbiniKuhdashtDrug trafficking15 May 2024Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
102Mohammad Karim FazeliKuhdashtDrug trafficking15 May 2024Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
103Mohammad Reza RahimpourNurabadDrug trafficking15 May 2024Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
104Nasser HajizadehSalmasDrug trafficking18 May 2024Salmas Prison47-year-old father of 3 children, executed after 5 years of imprisonment
105Mansour NasseriBukanDrug trafficking18 May 2024Orumiyeh Central Prison45 years old, executed after 5 years of imprisonment
106Parviz GhassemiOrumiyehDrug trafficking18 May 2024Orumiyeh Central Prison35 years old, executed after 4 years of imprisonment
107Ramin LavandpourOrumiyehDrug trafficking18 May 2024Orumiyeh Central Prison27 years old, executed after 4 years of imprisonment
108Yousef SaeidiOrumiyehDrug trafficking18 May 2024Orumiyeh Central Prison32 years old, executed after 4 years of imprisonment
109Kaveh BashangehMahabadDrug trafficking18 May 2024Salmas PrisonExecuted after 4 years of imprisonment
110Ramin SaadatMiandoabPremeditated murder18 May 2024Miandoab PrisonExecuted after 4 years of imprisonment
111Mojtaba KaramiHarsinDrug trafficking7 July 2024Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz28 years old
112Danyal KazeminezhadEslamabad-e GharbPremeditated murder21 July 2024Dizel Abad Prison, Kermanshah30 years old, arrested on 8 July 2023 and was executed without informing his family
113Khalil JamaliSarpol-e ZahabPremeditated murder21 July 2024Dizel Abad Prison, Kermanshah
114Kamran SheikhehMahabadSpreading corruption on earth25 July 2024Orumiyeh Central PrisonExecuted after 15 years in prison
115Reza (Gholamreza) RasaeiSahnehInvolvement in intentional murder, involvement in the intentional infliction of non-fatal injuries, demonstrating strength with a knife, disrupting public order by creating chaos and commotion6 Aug 2024Dizel Abad Prison, Kermanshah35 years old, executed without informing his family or lawyer, and without the right to a final visit
116Foroud GeravandKuhdashtDrugs, premeditated murder7 Aug 2024Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj50 years old, arrested and sentenced to death in 2015
117Mohammad GholamiKuhdashtDrug trafficking7 Aug 2024Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
118Esmaeil SharafiKuhdashtDrug trafficking7 Aug 2024Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
119Shahab MalekiHarsinDrug trafficking7 Aug 2024Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
120Nasser GeravandKuhdashtDrug trafficking10 Aug 2024Parsiloun Prison in Khorramabad
121Peyman Allah-VeysiSanandajPremeditated murder15 Aug 2024Sanandaj Central Prison37 years old, arrested 5 years ago
122Nasser ShafieiTakabPremeditated murder15 Aug 2024Karaj Central PenitentiaryResident of Tehran, arrested and sentenced to death about 4 years ago on the charge of "premeditated murder" of his wife
123Reza Zard-KouhiSabzevarDrug trafficking15 Aug 2024Sabzevar Prison31 years old
124Mohammad KaramizadehKuhdashtPremeditated murder19 Aug 2024Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj37-year-old father of one, arrested and sentenced to death in 2014, his death sentence was commuted to 30 years in prison in 2018
125Mohammad DaghestaniOrumiyehDrug trafficking21 Aug 2024Midandoab Central Prison
126Mohammad Khaled JahangiriOrumiyehDrug trafficking22 Aug 2024Tabriz Central PrisonFather of 2 children from the village of Balu in Orumiyeh
127Meysam Hossein-KhaniKuhdashtPremeditated murder28 Aug 2024Parsiloun Prison in KhorramabadArrested 3 years ago
128Sirvan AboubakriSardashtPremeditated murder29 Aug 2024Mahabad Central PrisonFather of one from the village of Baveh in Sardasht
129 Saber JamaliKangavarPremeditated murder1 Sept 2024 Hamadan Central Prison 29 years old, arrested about 5 years ago
130 Feyzollah Hosseinpour Shahin DejPremeditated murder 8 Sept 2024 Midandoab Central Prison Father of 3 children
131 Soleyman Ghahremani Shahin DejPremeditated murder 9 Sept 2024 Midandoab Central Prison 29 years old, arrested about 5 years ago
132 Sajjad Bandegi HarsinDrug trafficking 10 Sept 2024Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj 35 years old
133 Kam-Bakhsh MahmoudiBisotunPremeditated murder25 Sept 2024 Diezel Abad Prison in Kermanshah 34 years old, arrested 2 years ago
134Fazlollah PournasiriKuhdashtDrug trafficking2 Oct 2024Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
135Nima MoradiIlamPremeditated murder1 Oct 2024Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
136Nasrollah MennatiIlamPremeditated murder1 Oct 2024Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
137Mowloud KhaledianQorvehPremeditated murder2 Oct 2024Ghezel Hesar Prison in KarajArrested about 4 years ago
138Ashkan YariKermanshahDrug trafficking5 Oct 2024Hamadan Central Prison