The HRANA report comes amid a rising number of executions carried out in the Islamic Republic.
According to a report by the US human rights organization HRANA on the same day, at least 13 prisoners were convicted of drug and murder-related charges by Iranian regime courts on Saturday morning and executed in various prisons in Iran.
According to the organization, execution locations included Khorramabad Prison, Sanandaj Prison, Dezful Prison, Ali Qudarz Prison, Kermanshah Prison, Yasuj Prison, Nahavand Prison, Zahedan Prison, Hamadan Prison and Karaj Central Prison.
HRANA identified the 10 executed persons as Ali Faza Khoshneshin, Farshad Sheikhi, Avin Sorkhi, Jafar Faryadi, Ali Sarlakabad, Sosha Moradi, Behzad Mashayekhi, Mohammad Ali Saeedloo, Morad Goli and Abolfazl Naqvi.
The HRANA report comes amid a rising number of executions carried out in the Islamic Republic. The rights group said Iran executed 2,063 people between January 1, 2025 and January 1, 2026, an increase of 119% since 2024.
On November 14, 2024, in Berlin, Germany, supporters of Iran’s National Council of Resistance gathered to protest against the death penalty in their country and the declaration of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a “terrorist organization.” (Photo source: Reuters/LISI NIESNER)
Number of executions in Iran hits 10-year high
In December, the organization reported that Iran had carried out its highest number of executions in more than a decade.
Last month, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said the Iranian regime used the killings “as a tool of state intimidation” that “disproportionately affects minorities and immigrants.”
