IRAN - Habib Amouri (L) and Nasser Jannatpour (R)

IRAN - 9 men executed in various prisons on December 23

December 23, 2025:

December 23, 2025 - IRAN. 9 men executed in various prisons on December 23

Mohammad Hassan Sharafi, Emad Asaf, Afshin Tusi (Afshin Toosi), Habib Amouri, Naser Jannatpour, Rastin Karami, Jalal Taheri, Milad Norouzi, Yadollah Almasi.

According to information obtained by Hengaw, Hrana and IHR, 9 men were executed on December 23, 2025

- Mohammad Hassan Sharafi, a Turkish man from Ardabil, was executed in the prison of Ardabil on murder charges;

- Emad Asaf, 38, a Lor man from Dezful, was executed in the prison of Dezful on murder charges;

- Afshin Tusi (Afshin Toosi) from Quchan, was executed in the prison of Quchan on murder charges;

- Habib Amouri, 43, an Ahvazi Arab man, father of one child, was executed in the Sepidar prison of Ahvaz on undisclosed charges;

- Naser Jannatpour (Nasser Jannatpour) from Dasht-e Azadegan, 48, an Ahvazi Arab man, father of two, was executed in the prison of Ahvaz (Sepidar) on undisclosed charges;

- Rastin Karami, a Kurdish man from Sanandaj, was executed in Sanandaj Central Prison after four years of imprisonment on murder allegations;

- Jalal Taheri, was executed in Bukan Prison. Hrana did not indicate the crime;
- Milad Norouzi, was executed in Nowshahr Prison. Hrana did not indicate the crime;

- Yadollah Almasi, was executed in Kashmar Prison. Hrana did not indicate the crime. According to Hengaw, Almasi was executed on the 24^th.

These cases have not been reported by Iranian state media.

https://hengaw.net/en/news/2025/12/article-145
https://iranhr.net/en/articles/8486/
https://www.en-hrana.org/unprecedented-surge-in-executions-continues-twelve-prisoners-executed-on-murder-and-drug-charges-in-recent-days/