Iran: Execution of 8 Prisoners, Including One Woman, on Sunday and Monday, May 11 and 12
The number of executions over the past three weeks has reached at least 92, and during the tenure of Pezeshkian, it has amounted to 1,145 individuals.
Khamenei’s executioners hanged Mahbubeh Khosrownejad, Firouz Aliyari (28 years old), and Safa Qaradashi today, Monday, May 12, 2025, in Amirabad Prison in Gorgan, as well as Mehran Nasrizar in Qezelhessar Prison.
On Sunday, May 11, 2025, two Baluchi prisoners—Fereydoun Mahmoudi (36 years old) and Mohammadali Miri—were hanged in Zahedan Prison, and two other prisoners were executed in the prisons of Shahroud and Miyaneh.
On Wednesday, May 7, 2025, six prisoners were executed: Rouhollah Moradiani and Maziar Karimi in Qezelhessar; Ashraf Shahbazi and Rasoul Rezaei in Yasuj Prison; Jafar Pourassadi in Lakan Prison in Rasht; and Ali Shafiei in Adelabad Prison in Shiraz.
On Tuesday, May 6, 2025, Mehdi Khani (21 years old) was executed in Arak Prison and Hassan Saei in the Central Prison of Tabriz. On Monday, May 5, 2025, Amir Mohammad Tavakoli (32 years old) was hanged in Alvand Prison in Hamedan and Mohsen Raeisi in Adelabad Prison in Shiraz.
Additionally, beyond the names previously listed in earlier statements, these prisoners were executed:
- On May 4, 2025, Hassan Mirzaei in Zanjan, Ammar Validi (30 years old) in Ahvaz, and Saeed Shokoohi in Kerman
- On May 3, 2025, Manouchehr Golabi in Bandar Abbas
- On May 1, 2025, Hamzeh Alizadeh in Khorramabad
- On April 29, 2025, Hossein Rafieinia in Zanjan and Ali Kaabi in Ahvaz
- On April 27, 2025, Rouhollah Shahriari in Isfahan
- On April 26, 2025, Ghader Samimi (34 years old) in Neyshabur and Abdolsamad Shahbazi (28 years old) in Zahedan
Thus, during the first three weeks of Ordibehesht (April 21 to May 12), at least 92 prisoners have been executed. Since Pezeshkian came to power, 1,145 individuals have been executed.
Khamenei vainly attempts to prevent the inevitable overthrow of his regime through executions and killings. Every prisoner who is executed only fuels the flames of the people’s fury.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
12 May 2025