Execution of 11 Prisoners Across 9 Iranian Cities in One Day Raises Alarm Over a “Nationwide Policy of Death”

On Monday, December 7, 2025, at least 11 prisoners were executed in Iranian prisons located in Kashan, Neyshabur, Zanjan, Dorud, Kerman, Saveh, Gorgan, Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan, and Lakan Prison in Rasht. The wide geographical spread of these executions—from central Iran to the north and west—underscores that these killings are neither isolated nor reactive, but rather part of a broader, systematic policy.

In Kashan Prison, Reza Raoufi, who had been convicted of murder, was executed at dawn. On the same morning in Neyshabur Prison, Nima Karami, sentenced to death on drug-related charges, was hanged. Zanjan Prison also carried out the execution of Kermashah Zaki-Pour, who had previously been convicted of murder.

The wave of executions continued with the deaths of Bahram Mousavi in Dorud Prison and Morad Bahmani in Kerman Prison. Their cases involved murder and drug-related charges. In Saveh Prison, the execution of Borzou Beigi, convicted of murder, was carried out, while in Gorgan Prison, Ali Rastegari was executed on similar charges.

Additionally, on the morning of December 7, two prisoners were executed at Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan on drug-related charges. One of them has been identified as Mohammad-Bagher Souri. A day earlier, at dawn on Sunday, December 6, two more prisoners were executed at Lakan Prison in Rasht: Siros Zabihi, a 32-year-old from Karaj, convicted of murder, and Ali Saoudi, a 27-year-old from Sari, convicted on drug-related charges.

Human rights activists stress that the nationwide scope of these executions—from Zanjan and Isfahan to Gorgan and Rasht—points to the implementation of a coordinated state policy. This comes despite Iran’s obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which it has ratified, and which permits the death penalty only for the “most serious crimes” and strictly under fair trial guarantees.

According to independent observers, the lack of transparency in judicial proceedings, restricted access to legal counsel, and the issuance of death sentences by courts lacking independence constitute clear violations of Iran’s international human rights commitments—concerns that have been repeatedly raised by international and domestic human rights organizations.

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