11 December 2025 :

December 7, 2025 - IRAN. 3 men executed in Rasht on December 7

Farshid Jafarzadeh, Sirouz Zabihi and Ali Saoudi (Ali Soudi)

Farshid Jafarzadeh, Sirouz Zabihi and Ali Saoudi were executed Rasht Central Prison. Another man named Mehdi Rajab Alizadeh was returned to his cell after obtaining a last minute extension in his case.

Other sources, and HoC, already reported the execution of Jafarzadeh and Alizadeh. IHR now writes that Alizadeh was not executed.

According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, three men were hanged in Rasht (Lakan) Central Prison on 7 December 2025. Two of the men were sentenced for murder. Their identitites have been established as Farshid Jafarzadeh (right photo) from the village of Gafsheh in Rasht and Sirous Zabihi (left photo) from Karaj, both 32. Farshid was arrested around five years ago and Sirous was arrested for allegedly killing another individual during a street fight around three years ago.

The third executed man was on death row for drug-related offences. He has been identified as 27-year-old Ali Saoudi from Sari who was arrested around two years ago.

The three men were transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for their executions along with another prisoner named Mehdi Rajab Alizadeh. He was returned to his cell after obtaining a last minute extension in his murder case.

At the time of writing, their executions have not been reported by domestic media in Iran.

https://iranhr.net/en/articles/8437/
https://www.en-hrana.org/at-least-27-prisoners-executed-across-iran-from-december-7-to-9/
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2025/12/article-52