HRANA – Two prisoners, aged 23 and 28, were executed at Shirvan Prison on October 15 and October 5, 2026, respectively. Both prisoners had been sentenced to death in separate murder cases.

According to HRANA, citing Iran Human Rights Organization, the death sentence of Reza Rajabian, 23, was carried out at Shirvan Prison, located in North Khorasan province, on the morning of Thursday, October 15, 2026.

An informed source told the organization that Rajabian had been arrested five years earlier on murder charges and subsequently sentenced to death. According to the source, he was just over 18 years old at the time of the murder.

The source added that two of Rajabian’s paternal cousins and another relative had been executed approximately two years earlier in connection with the same case. According to the source, a son-in-law of the family named Alireza, identified as the primary defendant in the case, remains in prison along with another defendant. Both have been sentenced to death and face the risk of imminent execution.

Execution of Naser Parvaneh on October 5

At the same prison, the death sentence of Naser Parvaneh, 28, was carried out on the morning of Monday, October 5, 2026. Iran Human Rights Organization reported the executions of both Parvaneh and Rajabian in its October 15 report.

An informed source told the organization that Parvaneh had been arrested four years earlier on charges of murdering his friend and subsequently sentenced to death. According to the source, the murder occurred during an altercation involving Parvaneh’s sister, who was also imprisoned for two years in connection with the same case.

As of the time of its report, neither execution had been announced by domestic Iranian media outlets or official sources.