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Appeals Court: Mojtaba Maleki Sentenced to Prison

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Mojtaba Maleki, Qom, مجتبی کلیری

HRANA – The prison sentence of Mojtaba Maleki Kaliri, a resident of Qom, was amended by Branch 11 of the provincial Appeals Court to 23 months and one day. He had previously been sentenced to 24 months in prison by the Revolutionary Court at the preliminary stage.

Based on the ruling issued by Branch 11 of the Qom Province Appeals Court and communicated to this citizen, he was sentenced to 15 months and one day in prison on charges of “insulting the founder of the Islamic Republic” and “insulting the Supreme Leader,” and to eight months in prison for “propaganda against the regime.” Pursuant to Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, the harsher sentence, 15 months and one day of imprisonment, will be enforceable.

He had previously been sentenced at the preliminary stage by Branch 1 of the Qom Revolutionary Court, presided over by Ali Akbar Ansari, to 24 months in prison, including 16 months for insulting Imam Khomeini and the Supreme Leader, and eight months for propaganda against the regime. The case was opened against him due to content he published on his personal page.

On September 13 of 2025, he was summoned to Branch 11 of the Qom Prosecutor’s Office, arrested after an indictment was issued, and transferred to Qom Prison. He was ultimately released after one day upon posting bail.

Mojtaba Maleki Kaliri is 35 years old and a resident of Qom County.

At Least 17 Prisoners Executed in Iranian Prisons Over Two Days

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Aligudarz, Arak, Ardabil, Bandar-Abbas, Borujerd, Dezful, Hamedan, Karaj, Kermanshah, Khorramabad, Nahavand, Qazvin, Qom, Semnan, Tabriz, Yasuj

HRANA – Over the past two days, HRANA has reported the execution of 17 prisoners in various prisons across Iran. This report provides details of these executions:

Saturday, December 20:

On this day, HRANA reported the executions of the following individuals:

• Yashar Tehrani Moghadam, on a charge of murder, at Karaj Central Prison
• Kian Papi, on a charge of murder, at Aligudarz Prison
• Behzad Hosseini Rad, on a charge of murder, at Kermanshah Prison
• Yarhossein Hassanvand, on a charge of murder, at Khorramabad Prison
• Mohammad Javad Kalani, on a charge of murder, at Nahavand Prison
• Hessam Nouzari, on a charge of murder, at Ardabil Prison
• Moslem Salimi, on drug-related charges, at Hamedan Prison
• One prisoner of unknown identity, on a charge of murder, at Dezful Prison

Sunday, December 21:

• Fariborz Ghasemi, on a charge of murder, at Yasuj Prison
• Reza Dastar, on drug-related charges, at Bandar Abbas Prison
• Kazem Sourian, on a charge of murder, at Qom Prison
•Vahid Pazouki, on drug-related charges, at Semnan Prison
• Ali Mohammad Koushki, on a charge of murder, at Borujerd Prison
• Amir Mohammad Jadidi, on a charge of murder, at Qazvin Prison
• Fardin Khani, on a charge of murder, at Arak Prison

The death sentences of two other prisoners were also carried out on murder charges at Tabriz Prison. The identity of one of them has been confirmed by HRANA as Ebrahim Mashayekhi.

As of the time of this report, the executions of these prisoners have not been officially announced by prison authorities or relevant institutions.

From the beginning of this year until the end of November, 2025, the Iranian regime has executed 1,594 people, marking an unprecedented increase compared to previous years.

29 Prisoners Executed in Multiple Prisons Across Iran

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HRANA – In recent days, the death sentences of dozens of other prisoners have been carried out in various prisons across Iran on charges of murder and drug-related offenses. This report details these executions:

Monday, December 8:

• Esfandiar Razaqi, on a charge of murder, in Esfarayen Prison
• Sattar Zahedifar, on drug-related charges, in Gonabad Prison

The Iran Human Rights Organization also reported the execution of four prisoners on drug-related charges in Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan. In addition to the execution of Mohammadbaqer Souri, which HRANA had previously reported, three other prisoners—identified as Shahram Mirzadeh, Fardin Rezaei (37 years old), and Habib Faridi (approximately 30 years old)—were hanged in this prison.

Tuesday, December 9:

• Mojtaba Dabir, on a charge of murder, in Nowshahr Prison, Mazandaran Province
• Majid Nazaran, on a charge of murder, in Quchan Prison, Razavi Khorasan Province
• Diako Farouqi, on a charge of murder, in Sanandaj Prison, Kurdistan Province

Saturday, December 13:

• Gholam Saljouqi, on drug-related charges, in Hamedan Prison, Hamedan Province
• Farshid Sagvand, on a charge of murder, in Aligudarz Prison, Lorestan Province
• Kaka Morad Jafari, on a charge of murder, in Khorramabad Prison, Lorestan Province
• Two prisoners on charges of murder in Kermanshah Prison; HRANA has confirmed the identity of one of them as Aziz Ali Moradi
• Hassan Torki, on a charge of murder, in Yasuj Prison
• Golmohammadi (first name unknown), on a charge of murder, in Nahavand Prison
• Hamzeh Sarlak, on a charge of murder, in Dezful Prison, Khuzestan Province

Sunday, December 14:

• Sadegh Abdi, on a charge of murder, in Qazvin Prison
• Abolfazl Dana, on a charge of murder, in Ardabil Prison
• Ali Eitivand, Kiumars Bahrami, Ehsan Yari, and Mohammad Karimi, on drug-related charges, in the Central Prison of Karaj, Alborz Province
• Sultan Morad Aslanpour, on drug-related charges, in Tabriz Prison
• Yaser Saki Zadeh, on drug-related charges, in Qom Prison
• Mohammad Amin Bakhtiari, on drug-related charges, in Semnan Prison
• Mohammad Dinari, on drug-related charges, in Arak Prison, Markazi Province
• Farhad Abdouli, on a charge of murder, in Dezful Prison

Additionally, a prisoner with an unknown identity was executed on a charge of murder in Borujerd Prison

As of the time of this report, the executions of these prisoners have not been officially announced by prison authorities or the relevant institutions.

Fifteen Executions Reported Across Iran’s Prisons in Just Three Days

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Dastgerd Prison, Esfarayen, Isfahan, Kerman prison, Qom, Semnan

HRANA- Amid an unprecedented surge in executions in Iran’s prisons, fifteen additional executions have been reported over the past three days by HRANA and other human rights organizations.

Sunday, November 30
According to Haal Vsh, a prisoner named Mansour Jalali, a father of three, was executed in Kerman Prison on drug-related charges.

Monday, December 1
According to HRANA, on this day:

• Nourkhoda Karami was executed in Qom Prison on drug-related charges;
• Javad Souri was executed in Shahr-e Kord Prison on a murder charge;
• Seyed Ali Hajipour was executed in Taybad Prison on drug-related charges;
• Tayeb Minaei was executed in Ahvaz Prison on a murder charge;
• Parsa Abdi and an Afghan national were executed in Bandar Abbas Prison on drug-related charges.

HRANA also reported the execution of two prisoners in Tabriz Prison on drug-related charges. Further details, including their identities, are still being investigated.

Tuesday, December 2
According to HRANA, three prisoners were executed in Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan. HRANA has confirmed the identity of one of them, Shahab Mokhtari, whose death sentence was carried out at dawn today. Mokhtari had been arrested earlier on drug-related charges and later sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court.

HRANA also reported the execution of a prisoner named Sultan Morad Nasiri in Esfarayen Prison. Several years ago, he had been arrested in Kerman Province on drug-related charges and sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court.

According to Mizan, the death sentence of a prisoner was carried out in public in Semnan. The head of the Semnan Provincial Judiciary stated that the prisoner had strangled his wife to death in 2020 and subsequently staged the scene to conceal the crime.

The NGO Iran Human Rights also reported the execution of a 27-year-old prisoner named Abbas Mozaffarzadeh, from Malard, on drug-related charges in Qom Prison.

Except for the public execution in Semnan, none of the other executions have been announced by prison authorities or other official bodies.

HRANA’s Report on the Execution of 31 Prisoners in Recent Days

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ahvaz, Aligudarz, Arak, Bam, Bandar-Abbas, Behbahan, Bukan, Damghan, Dezful, Gorgan, Ilam, Kermanshah, Khorramabad, Mashhad, Nahavand, Qom, Sabzevar, Salmas, Sanandaj, Semnan, Taybad, Yasuj, zanjan

HRANA – In recent days, authorities in several prisons across Iran have carried out the execution of dozens of inmates on drug-related and murder charges. The pace of executions this year has been unprecedented compared to previous years.

HRANA has documented the following executions in recent days:

Tuesday, November 11

• Reza Geraei, on drug-related charges, in Behbahan Prison

• Yaqub Dachi, 28, on murder charges, in Ilam Prison

Wednesday, November 12

• Abbas Beigi, on murder charges, in Yasuj Prison

• Saber Fallah, 33, on murder charges stemming from a street altercation, in Qom Prison

Thursday, November 13

• Qomri Abbaszadeh, 29, and Iraj Aghaei, 30, on murder and drug-related charges respectively, in Sari Prison

Saturday, November 15

• Nour Mohammad Rahmati, on drug-related charges, in Aligudarz Prison

• Yar Morad Hassanvand, on murder charges, in Khorramabad Prison

• Two prisoners executed in Dizelabad Prison in Kermanshah on murder charges; HRANA has confirmed the identity of one of them as Kamyar Fathi

•Jaber Saki and Jahan Rasouli, on murder and drug-related charges respectively, in Dezful Prison

Sunday, November 16

• Seyed Ali Hashemi of Karaj, on drug-related charges, in Salmas Prison

• (First name unknown) Yeganeh, on drug-related charges, in Bam Prison

• Habib Ezzati, on murder charges, in Sanandaj Prison

• Mohammad Amin Safari, on murder charges, in Bukan Prison

• Yasin Esfandiari, on drug-related charges, in Semnan Prison

• An unidentified prisoner, on murder charges, in Nahavand Prison

• Shokat Veisi (female), on drug-related charges, in Damghan Prison

• Amin Shokarkhodaei, on murder charges, in Arak Prison

• Mosib Khalavand, on drug-related charges, in Bandar Abbas Prison

Monday, November 17

• Reza Kamayi, on murder charges, in Sepidar Prison of Ahvaz

• Alireza Keshavarz, on murder charges, in Sabzevar Prison

• Amir Farkhnezhad, on drug-related charges, in Zanjan Prison

• Behzad Hasani, on murder charges, in Gorgan Prison

• Two prisoners previously convicted on drug-related charges in Taybad Prison; HRANA has verified the identity of one of them as Javad Sattari

• Four prisoners were executed in Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad on drug-related charges. HRANA has confirmed the identities of two of them as Shamseddin (surname unknown), an Afghan national, and Alimardan Barani.

As of the time of this report, prison authorities and responsible institutions have not publicly announced these executions.

From the beginning of this year until the end of October, the Iranian regime has executed 1,286 people, marking an unprecedented increase compared to previous years.

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Morteza Dolatpour Sentenced to Prison on Political Charge

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Ali Akbar Ansarizadeh, Qom, مرتضی دولت پور

HRANA – Morteza Dolatpour, a resident of Qom, has been sentenced to nine months in prison by Branch 1 of the Qom Revolutionary Court.

The ruling was recently issued by Branch 1 of the Qom Revolutionary Court, presided over by Advisor Ali Akbar Ansarizadeh, against Mr. Dolatpour. He was initially sentenced to one year in prison on the charge of “propaganda against the regime,” but after submitting himself to the verdict, the sentence was reduced to nine months.

On Sunday, November 9, the hearing on his charge was held at the mentioned judicial authority.

Mr. Dolatpour, aged approximately 40, was arrested on September 18, 2025, in Qom by security forces and released five days later on bail.

He had previously been arrested in July-August 2020 by security forces. In that case, Branch 3 of the Qom Revolutionary Court convicted him on three charges. After the verdict was upheld on appeal, a 17-month prison term, issued as the most severe of the sentences, was enforceable. Ultimately, in April-May 2022, Branch 11 of the Qom Court of Appeals granted him conditional release from Qom Prison.

Four Prisoners Executed in Malayer, Sabzevar, Saveh, and Qom Prisons

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HRANA, Malayer, Qom, Sabzevar, Saveh

HRANA- In recent days, four prisoners were executed in the prisons of Malayer, Sabzevar, Saveh, and Qom on charges related to drug offenses and murder.

According to HRANA, on Sunday, October 5, a prisoner identified as Sobhan Najafi was hanged in Malayer Prison, Hamadan Province. Based on information obtained by HRANA, Mr. Najafi had previously been arrested on a murder charge and later sentenced to death by a criminal court.

The following day, a prisoner named Reza Saqaei was executed in Sabzevar Prison, Razavi Khorasan Province, for drug-related offenses. On the same day, another prisoner, whose last name was verified by HRANA as Hosseini, was executed in Saveh Prison on murder charges.

Finally, on Tuesday, October 7, authorities at Qom Prison executed a prisoner identified as Farzad (last name unknown) for drug-related offenses.

As of this report’s publication, none of these executions have been announced by prison officials or judicial authorities.

From the beginning of this year until the end of September, the Iranian regime has executed 1,028 people, marking an unprecedented increase compared to previous years.

Detained Citizen Bijan Kazemi on Hunger Strike in Qom Intelligence Facility

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Bijan Kazemi, Evin Prison, Kuhdasht, Qom, Shahnaz Khosravi

HRANA – Bijan Kazemi, a detained citizen, has been on hunger strike since Thursday, September 18, to protest the poor conditions of his detention. He is currently held in The Ministry of Intelligence’s detention facility in Qom, in a state of prolonged legal uncertainty.

According to his mother, Shahnaz Khosravi, Kazemi began the strike in response to mistreatment by intelligence agents, his detention far from his hometown, and the indefinite nature of his case.

In mid-August, an interrogation session was held at Branch 5 of the District 33 Prosecutor’s Office in Tehran without the presence of a lawyer. Although bail was set at 4 billion tomans, the case officer opposed his release. Shortly afterward, he was transferred to Qom.

Earlier, following Israel’s military attack on Evin Prison, Kazemi was among dozens of detainees moved to the Greater Tehran Prison.

Kazemi was first arrested on January 19, 2025, by intelligence agents in Kuhdasht County. Two days later, on January 22, he was transferred to Ward 209 of Evin Prison, under the control of the Ministry of Intelligence.

Kazemi has previously faced judicial proceedings due to his activism.

80-Year-Old Former Political Prisoner Held 50 Days in Solitary in Qom

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Mohammad Banazadeh, Qom, Tehran, بنازاده

HRANA – Mohammad Banazadeh Amirkhizi, a former political prisoner, remains held in solitary confinement at the Ministry of Intelligence’s detention facility in Qom, fifty days after his arrest, without any clear legal status. The 80-year-old, who suffers from multiple health conditions, is also being denied adequate medical care.

A source familiar with his situation told HRANA: “Despite fifty days having passed since his arrest, Mr. Banazadeh is still being held in solitary confinement at the Ministry of Intelligence’s detention facility in Qom without clarification of his legal status. He suffers from diabetes, prostate cancer, heart disease, and a torn knee meniscus, yet has been denied medical treatment. In recent days, a sharp increase in his blood sugar levels has caused him serious health problems.”

Mr. Banazadeh was arrested on Monday, July 28, at his home in Tehran by security forces and transferred to the Ministry of Intelligence’s detention facility in Qom.

Mohammad Banazadeh Amirkhizi, 80, a resident of Tehran, has previously served prison sentences due to his political activities.

Tehran Prosecutor Files Charges Against Comedian Zeinab Mousavi

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Emperor Kuzco, HRANA, Qom, Tehran, Zeinab Mousavi, زینب موسوی

HRANA– The Tehran prosecutor has filed charges against Iranian comedian Zeinab Mousavi over a video circulated on social media containing remarks about Ferdowsi, the renowned Iranian poet.

According to HRANA, quoting Mizan, the Tehran prosecutor initiated legal action against Mousavi following the release of part of a program online in which she made comments regarding Ferdowsi. The report alleges that Mousavi’s statements were “contrary to public morality.”

In October of last year, the Tehran prosecutor also filed charges against her, which later led to the issuance of an indictment.

Zeinab Mousavi, one of the first women stand-up comedians in Iran and the creator of the character “Empress Kuzco,” was arrested in October 2023 and released after several days. Her case, involving two charges, was referred to the Tehran Revolutionary Court and the Criminal Court.

She was also arrested in Qom in October 2022 and released on bail in late November of the same year pending trial. Mousavi has stated that during this detention she spent 25 days in solitary confinement and was sentenced to two years in prison.