Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); July 10, 2025: Fereydoun Naziri and Hadi Nasri, two men on death row for murder, were executed in Qom Central Prison. A woman and two other men were previously reported to have been executed at the prison that day.
According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were hanged in Qom Central Prison on 24 June 2025. Their identities have been established as 36-year-old Fereydoun Naziri (right photo) from Mehrshahr in Karaj and 26-year-old Hadi Nasri (left photo) from Robat Karim who were sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder.
An informed source told IHRNGO: “Fereydoun was arrested three years ago for charges of committing murder during an argument over money in a car dealership. Hadi was arrested for the murder of his ex-girlfriend three years ago. He admitted that he had slammed his girlfriend's head against a wall during a fight in anger after she broke up with him."
IHRNGO previously reported the executions of Hassan Rostamnejad, Azim Mohammadi and Talat Sabzi, bringing the total number of executions at the prison to five that day.
At the time of writing, their executions have not been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.
Those charged with the umbrella term of “intentional murder” are sentenced to qisas(retribution-in-kind) regardless of intent or circumstances due to a lack of grading in law. Once a defendant has been convicted, the victim’s family are required to choose between death as retribution, diya (blood money) or forgiveness.
Crucially, while an indicative amount is set by the Judiciary every year, there is no legal limit to how much can be demanded by families of the victims. IHRNGO has recorded many cases where defendants are executed because they cannot afford to pay the blood money. Should the victim’s family choose execution, they are not only encouraged to attend, but also to physically carry out the execution themselves.
According to IHRNGO’s 2024 Annual Report on the Death Penalty, at least 419 people including a juvenile offender and 19 women, were executed for murder charges, the highest number of qisas executions since 2010. Only 12% of the recorded qisas executions were announced by official sources. In 2024, Iran Human Rights also recorded 649 cases of families choosing diya or forgiveness instead of qisas executions.
In the first six months of 2025, at least 268 people were executed for murder charges in Iran.