Group Hanging of at Least 6 Men in Ghezelhesar Prison
Edit (31 August 2025): According to newly obtained information, Ahmad Ali Mehripour’s execution was postponed for unknown reasons that day and subsequently carried out three days later, on 30 August. Owing to the significant challenges in communicating from within prisons and the severe restrictions in place, occasional inaccuracies may arise. Accordingly, Iran Human Rights promptly issues corrections once the facts have been verified.
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); August 28, 2025: At least six men including an Afghan national and two Kurdish minorities were executed in a group hanging in Ghezelhesar Prison. Hossein Biabani, Faramarz Shahbazi, Kazem Fatemi, Ahmad Ali Mehripour, Hessam Mohammadi and Ahmad Yousefi were on death row for separate drug-related, murder and rape cases.
According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, at least six men were hanged in Ghezelhesar Prison on 27 August 2025. The identities of the men on death row for drug-related offences have been established as Hossein Biabani (far right photo) and Faramarz Shahbazi (middle right photo), two Kurdish men from Harsin, Kazem Fatemi (middle left photo) and Ahmad Ali Mehripour (far left photo) from Tazeh Abad in Kouhdasht.
Hossein was arrested five years ago and Faramarz, Kazem and Ahmad Ali were arrested around six years ago. They were sentenced to death on drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court in separate cases. Per informed sources, Kazem was alleged to have been in possession of 12 kilograms of shisheh (methamphetamines).
The fifth man’s identity has been established as Hessam Mohammadi who was arrested six years ago and sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder.
The sixth man has been identified as Ahmad Yousefi, an Afghan national arrested three years ago and sentenced to death on rape charges by the Criminal Court.
At the time of writing, none of their executions have been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.
Drug-related executions have continuously risen every year since 2021. According to IHRNGO’s 2024 Annual Report on the Death Penalty, at least 503 people were executed for drug-related charges, of which only under 3% were announced by official sources. 17% of all drug-related executions in 2024 were Baluch minorities while they represent 2-6% of Iran’s population. At least 347 people were executed for drug-related offences in the first seven months of 2025.
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