19 January 2026 :
December 31, 2025 - IRAN. 5 men executed in Shiraz on December 31
Saeed Partouy, Ali Partouy, Arash Shams, Naser Mirzayi and Sohrab Imani
Naser Mirzayi was executed on the request of the prosecutor after being forgiven by the victim’s family “because his brother is a member of People’s Mojahedin Organisation.”
According to information IHR obtained on January 19, five men were hanged in Shiraz (Adel Abad) Central Prison on 31 December 2025. All five men were sentenced for murder. Two of the men were cousins Ali Partouy, and 24-year-old Saeed Partouy who worked as car mechanics in the same repair shop. They were arrested for the murder of a policeman in Shiraz around two years ago.
The other three men have been identified as 32-year-old Naser Mirzayi from Shiraz, 28-year-old Arash Shamsi from Fasa and Sohrab Imani from Shiraz.
A source told IHR: “Naser was arrested around two years ago. Ten days prior to his execution, the victim’s family signed a written consent that they were forgiving Naser without any diya (blood money) due to the fact that he hadn’t intentionally committed the killing. However, the Shiraz Prosecutor’s Office insisted on carrying out the execution because Naser’s brother was a member of the People’s Mojahedin Organisation (PMOI/MEK), and he was executed.”
Arash was arrested for the honour killing of his friend three years ago. It is not clear whether Sohrab Imani was executed for murder or other charges. Other sources, and HoC, already reported the execution of 3 men in Shiraz that day: Ehsan Dehqanpanah, Hossein Kazemzadeh, Mokhtar Farashi.
At the time of writing, none of their executions have been reported by domestic media in Iran.
https://iranhr.net/en/articles/8535/
