At least 115 executions since September 23 — one prisoner executed every three hours
On the eve of the World Day Against the Death Penalty, when the cry of “No to Execution” echoes across the globe, Khamenei, in an attempt to preserve his regime against uprisings, has intensified the wave of executions. From September 23 to October 7, 2025, at least 115 prisoners have been hanged. This means that, on average, one prisoner has fallen victim to the clerical regime’s killing machine every three hours.
On the morning of Tuesday, October 7, 2025, ten prisoners were executed:
- Mohammad Sabaki in Bam,
- Seyed Mahmoud Beheshti, Bahman Shah Hosseini, Younes Shahbazi, and a prisoner named Ali in Ghezel Hesar Prison,
- Rahim Tavakoli, aged 34, in Isfahan,
- a prisoner named Farzad in Qom,
- Arsalan Khani and a prisoner named Ghasem in Kermanshah,
- and Ebrahim Rezapour in Maragheh.
On Monday, October 6, 2025, five prisoners were hanged:
- Reza Saghai in Sabzevar,
- Ahmad Arzani and Abolfazl Lori in Isfahan,
- Abolfazl Seyed Hosseini in Saveh,
- and Taleb Hejrati in Sanandaj.
On Sunday, October 5, 2025, nine prisoners were executed:
- Jahanbakhsh Rakhshani, Mohammad Soltanpour, aged 36, Noormohammad Naseri, and Farzad Rasoulzadeh in Shiraz,
- Bahman Rahimi in Arak,
- Mohsen Barzegar in Qazvin,
- Mozafar Doroudi, aged 30, in Semnan,
- Sobhan Najafi in Malayer,
- and Erfan Afzali in Sari.
On Thursday, October 2, 2025, Kamyar Barati Sarvnavi was executed in Kermanshah; Mohammadreza Shiehaki, aged 25, a Baluch juvenile offender who was only 16 at the time of the alleged crime, was executed in Iranshahr; and Saeid Barahouei, aged 22, was executed in Zahedan.
On Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 21 prisoners were executed by the regime’s judiciary:
- Heydar Rezaipour and Houshang Rahmantalab in Rasht,
- Soleiman Mohammadvand, aged 32, and a prisoner named Khoram in Hamedan,
- Sadegh Bazvand, aged 36, in Dezful,
- Khosrow Moradlou, aged 27, in Zanjan,
- and Khodayar Faraji in Birjand.
The names of the other prisoners executed on this day were announced in a previous statement.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
8 October 2025