On the morning of Tuesday, August 19, the Iranian regime criminally executed 10 prisoners. One of these executions was carried out in public in the city of Larestan, Fars province, where the victim was hanged before the eyes of the people. Other prisoners executed on this day included: Allah-Nazar Tajik, aged 30; Abdolraouf Nourzehi; Abdolrahman Es-haqzehi; Mehrdad and three other prisoners in Bandar Abbas; Milad Narouyi (also known as Naderi), aged 29, in Kerman; and Hafiz Siyahkhani, aged 38, in Iranshahr.
From Saturday, August 16, to Tuesday, August 19, a total of 23 prisoners lost their lives at the gallows.
82nd Week of “No To Execution Tuesdays” Campaign In 49 Prisons Across Iran
Monday, August 18: Six prisoners were executed — Ali Omidi Moghadam and Iman Jouzi in Khorramabad; Arash Mahjour, aged 36, and Behrouz Sedghi, aged 28, in Isfahan; Davoud Kashani in Hamedan; and Saman Qamei in Amol.
Sunday, August 17: Four prisoners were hanged — Mehdi Najafi, aged 26; Ahmadreza Younesi Golezan, aged 28; Salar Rahimzadeh, aged 38, in Shiraz; and Mohammad Beqlani, aged 26, in Ahvaz.
Saturday, August 16: Three other prisoners were executed — Jafar Sadeghi, aged 35, in Rasht; Houshang Fathi, aged 30; and Siamand Sa’adati, aged 41, in Sari.
Prior to this wave, the regime had already carried out mass executions in the preceding days:
Wednesday, August 13: Three prisoners, including Javad Esfandiari in Hamedan, Eskandar Bazmandegan in Shiraz, and another prisoner in Borazjan.
Tuesday, August 12: Four prisoners — Hamid Sarlak in Dezful; Afshin Dehghan, aged 36; Peyman Eghbali, aged 37; and Mehran Imani, aged 31, in Shiraz.
Monday, August 11: Seven prisoners — Yasser Sagvand in Khorramabad; Zaker Aramesh, aged 27, from the Baluch community; Ali Mobasher, aged 40; Hossein Rezaei and female prisoner Soudabeh Ghasemzadeh in Isfahan; Saber Akbari in Nahavand; and Amir Hosseinpour, aged 34, in Ilam.
Sunday, August 10: Five prisoners — Hesam Salari, aged 20, in Saravan; Bahman Shibak, aged 35, in Birjand; Ahmadreza Torkashvand and another prisoner in Arak; and Kioumars Fatehi, aged 33, in Zanjan.
Saturday, August 9: Four prisoners — Bahador Elyasi, aged 31; Soleyman Naseri; Sajjad Habibi, aged 38, in Kermanshah; and Tayeb Mahmoudi, aged 26, in Ahvaz.
Thus, in just ten days, dozens of prisoners were hanged in various prisons across Iran, many of them executed in silence or without their families being informed.
Executions in the new Iranian year (since March 21); an escalating and alarming trend
The Iranian year 1404 (which began on March 21, 2025) started with a wave of executions by the Iranian regime. Reports from human rights organizations show that in just the first five months of this year, more than 642 prisoners have been executed in Iran. Among them were political and religious prisoners, sentenced to death on charges such as “waging war against God (moharebeh)” or “collaboration with the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).” This increase compared to last year has increased the concerns of international institutions, while Iran continues to top the list of countries with the highest number of executions worldwide.
