April 11, 2025 — The number of executions carried out in Iran since Masoud Pezeshkian took office as president in August 2024 has surpassed 1,010, marking a sharp escalation in state-led repression under Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s rule.
On Wednesday, April 9, Iranian authorities executed at least 15 prisoners in a coordinated wave of hangings across multiple cities, including Karaj, Shahroud, Gonabad, Gonbad-e Kavus, Kermanshah, Shiraz, Qom, and Ahvaz. The executed individuals included:
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Qezelhessar Prison, Karaj:
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Bahram Hadavandkhani (after 16 years in prison)
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Salar Amirjalali
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Abolfazl Karimi
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Mehdi Salan
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Sajjad Akbari
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Shiraz:
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Vahid Ashouri
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Masoud Mirzaei
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Gonabad:
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Esmaeil Dahmardeh
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Younes Kord
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Gonbad-e Kavus:
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Behrouz Shir-Mohammadli, age 27
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Behzad, a 20-year-old who was reportedly under 18 at the time of the alleged offense
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Other executions:
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Gholamreza Pardakhteh in Shahroud
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Kambiz Fathi in Kermanshah
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Sasan Rashidi in Sepidar Prison (Ahvaz)
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Habib Aghaei in Qom
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The following day, Thursday, April 10, three more prisoners were hanged:
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Ehsan Bamari and Yasin Bamari (age 28) in Iranshahr
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Moein Ashrafi (age 32) in Shahroud
The alarming rise in executions has drawn strong condemnation from human rights advocates and Iranian opposition groups. They argue that the clerical regime is using mass executions to instill fear and suppress dissent amid a volatile social climate.
The Iranian Resistance has once again called on the United Nations, the European Union, and all international human rights bodies to urgently condemn these crimes and act to prevent further bloodshed. The group is urging the referral of Iran’s human rights dossier to the UN Security Council, demanding accountability and justice for the regime’s leaders.
As the number of victims continues to climb, the world is once again reminded of the brutal machinery of repression operating unchecked within the Islamic Republic.
