Secret Group Hanging of 5 Including Woman in Shiraz

According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, four men and a woman were hanged in Shiraz (Adel Abad) Central Prison on 17 December 2025. Their identities have been established as Mahin Rashidi, a 39-year-old woman, Abbas Alami (photo), 43, Naser Faraji, 38, Tohid Barzegar, 51, and Jamshid Amirfazli, 45, all Kashan natives.

An informed source told IHRNGO: “They were arrested in a joint case around 16 months ago. In court, the judge asked whether they were remorseful. Naser replied: ‘If I were released today, I would still continue this path, because I’ve endured so much poverty and hardship and can’t make a living any other way than this job.’”

The five co-defendants were executed without prior notification to their families and consequently, without last family visits.

At the time of writing, their executions have not 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 697 people were executed for drug-related offences in the first eleven months of 2025.