IRAN - 5 men executed in Shiraz in recent days

November 1, 2026 - IRAN. 5 men executed in Shiraz in recent days. 

Ehsan Sobhani, Jafar Rostamzadeh Mashhadi, Hashem Memari, Gholamhossein Yari, Mohammad Mehdi Ashraf

According to information received by Hengaw, four men were executed in Shiraz Central Prison on October 27, 2026. They were Ehsan Sobhani, 29, from Isfahan, and Jafar Rostamzadeh Mashhadi, 44, Hashem Memari, 49, and Gholamhossein Yari, 47, all from Mashhad.

Sobhani, the father of one child, had been arrested two years earlier, while Rostamzadeh Mashhadi, the father of two, and Memari, the father of three, had been held for three years. All three were sentenced to death on charges related to “drug offenses.”

Yari had been arrested two years earlier and sentenced to death on charges related to “drug offenses” and the killing of a police officer.

Another man, Mohammad Mehdi Ashraf, approximately 21 years old, was executed at the same prison on November 1, 2026. He had been arrested approximately two and a half years earlier and sentenced to death under the law of qisas (retribution in kind) for “premeditated murder.”

None of the five executions has been announced by state media or outlets affiliated with Iran’s judiciary.