Shiraz Prison

Shiraz Prison — formally Adelabad Prison — is the central detention facility in Shiraz, the capital of Fars province in southwestern Iran. Shiraz is Iran's fourth-largest city and an historic cultural centre. The prison is a large multi-use facility holding pre-trial detainees, convicted prisoners, and those awaiting execution. It has featured in prior Iran conflict documentation: in August 2024 it held Kurdish political detainees, and Hengaw documented the detention of a Shiraz defence lawyer mid-duty in May 2026.

On 19 May 2026, two executions were carried out at Shiraz Prison: Saeid Rahmanirad (convicted of murder) and an unnamed third defendant. These ran concurrently with the execution at Torbat-e Heydarieh Prison the same day, both documented by Hengaw as part of the broader expansion of Iran's wartime judicial register across provincial facilities. An earlier wartime execution at an unnamed Shiraz detention centre was documented in April 2026, when Abbas Yavari (aged 31) was confirmed tortured to death there; authorities described it as a suicide.

Shiraz Prison's recurrence in the wartime record — across lawyer detentions, custodial deaths, and formal executions — places it among the documented sites of Iran's parallel judicial and security operations during the conflict. Hengaw's documentation methodology relies on sources inside the facility and family contacts, cross-checked against official announcements where made. The prison does not receive independent monitoring access from UN or NGO observers.