As the sharp increase in executions continues in Iran, 16 prisoners held in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj were transferred to solitary confinement for execution. At the same time, a number of inmates refused to receive their food rations in protest against the wave of executions.
On Monday, October 13, the Iran Human Rights Society reported that at least 16 prisoners had been transferred to solitary confinement in Ghezel Hesar Prison for execution. According to the report, 11 of them were sentenced to death on drug-related charges, while five others were convicted of murder.
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In its report, Iran HRS stated that it is still investigating further details and the identities of the prisoners.
Meanwhile, the judiciary of Iran’s regime executed at least seven prisoners, including one woman, on the same day in Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan, as well as in Qazvin and Minab prisons.
A prisoner named Ebrahim Delaram, a 43-year-old resident of Dehdasht, who had been sentenced to death on drug-related charges, was also transferred to a solitary cell in Yasuj Prison to await execution.
As the group of prisoners was transferred to solitary confinement in Ghezel Hesar Prison, a number of inmates in Ward 2, Hall 16 of the prison refused to receive their food rations in protest against the wave of executions.
Prisoners in this ward are mostly held on drug-related charges, and their protest comes amid a sharp rise in executions carried out in Ghezel Hesar Prison in recent weeks.
Ghezel Hesar in Karaj is one of Iran’s most notorious prisons, where numerous executions are carried out for prisoners convicted of various charges.
In a statement the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) announced that Iran’s regime executed 1,654 people in the past year:
“Over the past year (from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025), the religious fascism ruling Iran has recorded a bloody and unprecedented record of cruelty and crime. During this period, the execution of 1,654 prisoners was documented across 31 provinces, representing a 2.3-fold increase compared to the same period the previous year (with 851 executions), and a 2.8-fold increase compared to the year before that (with 693 executions).”
On September 29, UN experts issued a press statement noting that Iran’s regime had executed more than one thousand people in less than nine months, describing this as “a dramatic surge in executions and a violation of international human rights law.”
On September 26, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, Mai Sato, warned in a report that the human rights situation in Iran “is deteriorating alarmingly,” and that citizens are facing organized repression and widespread restrictions following the end of the 12-day war.
