IRAN - 5 men executed in Isfahan on February 22

February 22, 2025 - IRAN. 5 men executed in Isfahan on February 22
Shahin Goudarzi, Asghar Dehghani, Ahmad Hanafi, Mojtaba Khorramdel (Khoramdel) and Vahid Mohebi (Mohbi)
Three such executions were previously reported. 
According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, five men were executed in Isfahan (Dastgerd) Central Prison on 22 February 2025. Three of the men were on death row for drug-related offences and two were sentenced for murder.
The drug defendants have been identified as 37-year-old Ahmad Hanafi from Taybad, 30-year-old Mojtaba Khoramdel from Bandar Abbas and 30-year-old Vahid Mohebi, a Baluch minority from Zabol. Ahmad and Mojtaba were on death row for four years and Vahid Mohebi for six years.
The two men executed for murder have been identified as 40-year-old Shahin Goudarzi from Boroujerd and 51-year-old Asghar Dehghani who was Bakhtiari, a sub-group of the Lor ethnic group. They were on death row for four and five years respectively.
At the time of writing, none of their executions have been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.

https://iranhr.net/en/articles/7373/
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2025/02/article-98