Amid repeated protests across Iran, the increase in executions is being interpreted as a tactic to intimidate the public and suppress demands for change.
Iran Human Rights Society, Thursday, December 3, 2025, twenty-five prisoners, including one woman, were executed in the prisons of Sabzevar, Bam, Kangan, Gorgan, Bandar Abbas, Gonabad, Rajai Shahr Karaj, Mashhad, Rasht, Semnan, Isfahan, Dorud, Mahabad, Borujerd, and Zahedan. The execution of these prisoners took place between Sunday, November 30, and Thursday, December 3, 2025.
On December 3, 2025: Pirvali Shabani, Sabzevar Prison; Keyvan Shahbakhsh, Bam Prison; Unspecified (identity under investigation), Kangan Prison; Ali Kalhor, Gorgan Prison; Yousef Jamshidi, Bandar Abbas Prison; Safa Jozipour, Gonabad Prison; Amir Emami, Rajai Shahr Karaj Prison; Hessam Norouzi and one woman (unspecified identity), Vakilabad Mashhad Prison; Mehdi Javanmardi, Lakan Rasht Prison; Iman Mortezaei and Aboufeiz Davoudi, Semnan Prison.
5 more on December 2, 2025: Mahmoud Nouri, Hossein Shafiezadeh, and Gholamreza Bahrami, Semnan Prison; Shamal Mohammad Rashid and Ardealan Hossein Ali, Dastgerd Isfahan Prison.
December 1, 2025: Abdollah Borahouei (Seyyed Ali), Dastgerd Isfahan Prison; Mehrdad Espid, Dastgerd Isfahan Prison; Hossein Zamani, Dorud Prison; Ebrahim Tabrizi, Mahabad Prison.
November 30, 2025: Sepehr Goodarzi, Borujerd Prison; Parviz Rigi, Zahedan Prison.
Incompatibility of the Death Penalty with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Article 3 of this declaration explicitly states: Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person. This right shall be protected by rule of law and no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of their life.
The death penalty, as the highest punishment, is in direct conflict with this article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights because:
Right to Life: The right to life is raised as a fundamental and non-derogable right. The death penalty deprives this right.
Irreversibility: In the event of the execution of the death penalty, there is no possibility of remedying judicial error.
Torture and Inhumane Treatment: Some methods of executing the death penalty are considered torture and inhumane treatment, which itself is contrary to the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Violation of Human Rights Commitments Regarding the Death Penalty
According to Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, of which Iran is a signatory, the imposition and execution of the death penalty is only permitted in the presence of full safeguards for a fair trial and in the most serious crimes. In many similar cases, lack of transparency, legal restrictions on the accused, and issuance of sentences in courts lacking necessary independence are considered contrary to this fundamental human rights principle.