While the country is ablaze with the uprising of rebellious youths against the ruling religious dictatorship, the regime’s execution machine operates relentlessly. Terrified of his regime’s potential overthrow by the rebellious youths, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei continues to order executions unabated. The number of recorded executions in December 2025 alone reached a shocking and unprecedented 403.
On Monday, January 5, executioners hanged 12 prisoners, including one woman: Armin Aghaei in Kerman, Allahkaram Beigi in Bam, Siavash Namdari in Gorgan, Nourmohammad Shahsavari in Yazd, Fereydoun Moshirikhah and another prisoner in Ahvaz, Mojtaba Rezaei in Saveh, Gholamreza Saeedi in Kashan, Tayebeh Hekmat and Karim Asgari in Zanjan, 27-year-old Amir Sarlak in Dorud, and Sasan Jourablou in Neyshabur.
On Sunday, January 4, 16 prisoners were hanged: Ahmad Saki and Noureddin Eidizadeh in Nahavand, Asghar Babaei in Hamedan, Hamidreza Moradi in Dezful, Shakaram Masti in Kermanshah, Mohsen Ghaedrahmat in Aligudarz, Soroush Khani in Karaj, Kazem Sourian in Khorramabad, Sajjad Golmohammadi in Ardabil, Vali Karambeygi in Borujerd, Arman Nazari in Semnan, Amin Elahi in Qom, Saeed Rostami in Qazvin, a prisoner named Nima in Bandar Abbas, Ebrahim Bazvand in Tabriz, and Aidin Salavati in Arak.
On Saturday, January 3, and Thursday, January 1, nine prisoners were executed: 35-year-old Ebrahim Bazvand, 22-year-old Hashem Memari, and Arman Masjedi in Tabriz; 28-year-old Asghar Shahi, 30-year-old Khalil Rahmani, and 26-year-old Fahim Rasoulzadeh in Shiraz; Khodayar Mirzazadeh in Taybad, Mola Moradghobadi in Bojnurd, and Hossein Morad Zamani in Ferdows.
On Wednesday, December 31, 20 prisoners were executed: Ahmad Mirzaei in Esfarayen, Niazali Faryadi in Kashmar, 26-year-old Abbas Gholipour and 30-year-old Yasin Azimi in Isfahan, Erfan Sheikholeslami in Mahshahr, Amir Jafari Rad in Sari, Niazali Yari in Sabzevar, a prisoner in Chabahar, Sohbat Fathi in Mahabad, 29-year-old Ehsan Dehghanpanah, 27-year-old Mokhtar Farshi, and 24-year-old Hossein Kazemzadeh in Shiraz, Meysam Naseri in Bushehr, Karamali Khani in Kashmar, Manouchehr Niazi and Mohsen Jadidi in Qezelhesar, Samad Azizi in Damghan, Keramat Safari and Mehran Hosseini in Mashhad, and Moslem Rafieinia in Malayer.
On Tuesday, December 30, 15 prisoners were hanged: Hanif Ahmadi in Nowshahr, Farid Nourizad in Quchan, Shayan Karami in Behbahan, a prisoner in Rasht, Hojjat Amini-Zadeh in Shahrekord, Ali-Mohammad Dastar in Birjand, Khodarahm Ahmadi in Khaf, Mohammad Zarei in Yazd, Amin Khosravi and another prisoner in Ahvaz, Yahya Panahirad in Bam, Peyman Zamani in Ilam, Ali Akbar Barzegar in Borazjan, Sajjad Veisi in Jiroft, and Mansour Rigi, a Baluch compatriot, in Semnan.
On Monday, December 29, 12 prisoners were hanged: Qasem Amini in Sanandaj, Ahmad Nadi in Bukan, Marvan Emadabadi in Kashan, Sina Nadri in Saveh, Amirmehdi Navabi in Kerman, Sobhan Safizadeh in Zanjan, Yaser Khatibi and two other prisoners in Isfahan, Soheil Bakhtiari in Dorud, Heshmat Fallahi in Neyshabur, and Shoja Asgari in Gorgan.
On Sunday, December 28, executioners sent 12 prisoners to the gallows: Ali Jouyani in Ardabil, Safarali Sepahvand in Borujerd, Moein Hassanzadeh, 27-year-old Akbar Jahani, and 34-year-old Hamidreza Shokouhi in Tabriz, Jafar Najafi in Arak, Mousa Rahimirad in Semnan, 27-year-old Younes Afshari in Hamedan, Jamshid Akbari and 32-year-old Babak Saraei in Qom, Besmellah Tajik in Bandar Abbas, and Azizali Kolkhani in Qazvin.
On Saturday, December 27, another 12 prisoners were hanged: Jalil Nouri and 30-year-old Reza Hatami in Sari, Mostafa Mehrjou in Ardabil, Milad Nejati in Karaj, Sirous Karami in Dezful, Khalil Nouri in Khorramabad, Ahmadali Saffari in Aligudarz, Nariman Souri in Kermanshah, Abolfazl Enhesari in Hamedan, Rahim Khodaparast in Nahavand, Ahmadreza Esfahani in Yasuj, and Daryhan Shahmohammadi in Sanandaj.
This brings the total number of prisoners executed in the first two weeks of the Iranian month of Dey (December 22 – January 4) to at least 172.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
6 January 2025