With 335 executions—including seven women and two public hangings—November 2025 becomes the deadliest month in nearly four decades, as the Iranian regime intensifies repression and begins December with another 44 executions in just three days.
A Month of State‑Sanctioned Bloodshed
November 2025 has been declared the bloodiest month in Iran in 37 years, with 335 executions recorded across prisons nationwide, according to the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).
Among the victims were seven women, and two prisoners were hanged in public, reflecting the regime’s continued reliance on medieval brutality to instill fear.
The November total marks a dramatic and unprecedented surge:
- More than double the 155 executions in November 2024
- Nearly triple the 115 recorded in 2023
- Six times the 57 executions in 2022
- Eleven times the 30 executions in 2021
Human rights organizations warn that this explosion in executions reflects a deliberate policy shift by the regime to intensify repression amid worsening economic collapse, rising protests, and broadening social unrest. They argue that the regime’s strategy of mass killing has not suppressed dissent and may instead fuel greater public anger.
Meanwhile, the international response remains weak. Despite the scale of atrocities, the European Union and the United States have failed to refer Iran’s human rights dossier to the UN Security Council, leaving global reactions largely symbolic and confined to statements on paper.
An Execution Every 90 Minutes: December Begins With 44 Killings in Three Days
The bloodshed did not stop with the end of November. In the first three days of December (December 1–3), at least 44 prisoners were executed, equivalent to one execution every 90 minutes.
Reports indicate that more names will be released pending verification.
December 3: 13 Executions Across Iran
Thirteen prisoners were executed on Wednesday, December 3, in at least nine cities:
- Bam: Keyvan Shah Bakhsh, 29
- Semnan: Iman Mortazaei, 39, and Abufeiz Davoudi
- Mashhad: Hessam Norouzi and a female prisoner
- Ghezel Hesar Prison: Amir Emami and two unnamed prisoners
- Kangan: One prisoner
- Gorgan: Ali Kalhor
- Rasht: Mehdi Javanmardi, 38
- Sabzevar: Pirvali Sha’bani
- Bandar Abbas: Yousef Jamshidi (Mehrabi), 22
This list corresponds precisely to earlier Persian-language reporting, which also confirmed executions in these same cities.
December 2: 20 Executions, Including a Public Hanging
Twenty prisoners were hanged on Tuesday, December 2, including one public execution in Semnan.
Victims include:
- Behbahan: Mohammad Jafar Alinia
- Nowshahr: Ebrahim Kalagar
- Qom: Abbas Mozaffarzadeh, 27
- Esfarayen: Soltan Morad Nasiri
- Yazd: Mahmoud Abdollahi, Jalal Khorshidi, Ali Nirang, and one additional prisoner
- Qazvin: A prisoner named Pourheidari
- Semnan: Mahmoud Nouri, Hossein Shafizadeh, Gholamreza Bahrami
- Isfahan: Seven prisoners — Shahab Mokhtari; Abdullah Brahui, 39 (a Baluch compatriot); Mehrdad Espid, 38; Shamal Mohammad Rashid; Arsalan Hossein Ali; Abolfazl Ghaderzadeh; and Meysam Panahi, 37
Persian reports confirm the same execution numbers and cities, including the public hanging in Semnan.
December 1: 11 Executions Nationwide
Eleven prisoners were executed on Monday, December 1:
- Taybad: Seyed Ali Hajipour
- Shahrekord: Javad Souri
- Ahvaz: Tayyeb Minayi
- Qom: Nourkhoda Akrami
- Tabriz: Two prisoners
- Bandar Abbas: Parsa Abdi and one other prisoner
- Dorud: Hossein Zamani
- Borujerd: Sepehr Goodarzi
- Mahabad: Ebrahim Tabrizi
November 30: Additional Executions Before Month’s End
On Sunday, November 30, early December reports confirm the execution of:
- Bukan: Yashar Sadeghi
- Kerman: Mansour Jalali
- Zahedan: Parviz Rigi, 30 (a Baluch compatriot)
These were recorded alongside three executions previously noted in Persian reports from Bukan, Kerman, and Zahedan.
A Regime Using Execution as Governance
Human rights organizations say the desperation of the Iranian regime is evident: mass executions are being used as a tool of governance, fear, and intimidation.
In the concluding words of one NCRI report:
“The ruling religious fascism in Iran is futilely trying to prevent uprisings and revolts through bloodshed and killing. This rampant bloodshed only intensifies the rage of the enchained people.”
The report calls for the international community to finally move beyond statements:
“This regime of execution and terror must be ostracized globally. The supreme leader and other ringleaders must be prosecuted for 46 years of crimes against humanity and genocide.”
