Executions in Iran between March 21 and April 20 were four times higher than the same period last year, and executions between February 19 and March 20 increased sixfold compared to the previous year.
Between March 21 and April 20, Iran’s regime executed at least 83 prisoners, including six political prisoners and five women. At least two of the victims were under 18 years old at the time of the alleged offense.
On Tuesday, April 15, Iranian regime’s judiciary hanged five prisoners: Gholamali Masha’allahi in Arak; Sohrab Heidari, Cheraghali Ghasemi, and Feyzollah Karami in Qom; and Marziyeh Esmaeili in Qazvin. On Thursday, April 17, Ahmad Yavari was executed in Gorgan. On Sunday, April 20, Javad Goodarzi was hanged in Doroud, and 29-year-old Sa’dollah Gorgij, a Baluch citizen, was executed in Zahedan.
Since July 22, 2024, when Masoud Pezeshkian became the president of Iran’s regime, at least 1,051 prisoners have been executed.
In previous years, the number of executions in March and April was reduced due to Nowruz holidays and the overlap with Ramadan. However, this year, executions from March 21 to April 20 reached 83—four times higher than the same period in 2024 (23 executions) and 21 times more than in 2023 (four executions). Between February 19 and March 20, executions reached 124, nearly six times more than the same period last year (21 executions).
This level of brutality and violence reflects the deadly impasse in which the religious fascism ruling Iran is trapped. Ali Khamenei, the regime’s supreme leader, is desperately trying to use executions and killings to prevent a popular uprising and the overthrow of the regime.
