Yazd Central Prison is located in Yazd city, the capital of Yazd Province in central Iran. The province borders Isfahan, Semnan, Khorasan, Sistan-Baluchestan, Fars and Kerman.

What type of cases does Yazd Prison handle?

Yazd Central Prison handles a high proportion of moharebeh (waging war against God) cases under the Islamic Revolutionary Court structure. These cases involve political defendants charged outside the ordinary criminal system. Hengaw tracks Yazd because it is one of the busiest political-execution sites outside Tehran.Source: Hengaw Organization for Human Rights

Who was executed at Yazd Prison in April 2026?

Jafar Fakhrabadi was executed at Yazd Central Prison on the morning of 27 April 2026. Hengaw confirmed the execution but his charges and political classification had not been published by 28 April.Source: Hengaw Organization for Human Rights

Background

Yazd Central Prison is a major facility in Yazd city, central Iran. It handles a disproportionately high share of moharebeh cases under the Islamic Revolutionary Court structure and is tracked by Hengaw as one of the busiest political-execution sites outside Tehran province.

On 27 April 2026, Jafar Fakhrabadi was executed at Yazd Central Prison, confirmed by Hengaw . His charges remained unpublished. The execution was the latest in the wartime domestic enforcement cadence tracked since 28 February, occurring while Iran's foreign minister was in St Petersburg.

Source Material

Hengaw Organization for Human Rights

How the World Sees Them

International community

UN human rights bodies have called on Iran to halt executions of political prisoners; Yazd has been cited in specific cases by the UN Special Rapporteur on Iran.

Iran (Islamic Republic)

The Iranian judiciary does not classify executions as political. Yazd Prison is administered as part of Iran's ordinary penitentiary system.

Human rights organisations

Hengaw and Amnesty International track Yazd executions as part of the Islamic Revolutionary Court's national capital sentencing pipeline, noting the prison's consistent role in politically-charged cases.