Jailed mountaineer Alisina Mostafavi moved to solitary confinement; he faces imminent execution

Alisina Mostafavi, a political prisoner and young mountaineer, has been moved to solitary confinement and his family has been summoned for a final visit — two signs that in the Islamic Republic's prisons usually come before an execution is carried out. The media office of Prince Reza Pahlavi, in announcing the news on the evening of Tuesday, 13 October 2026, warned that he is in imminent danger of execution.

According to the media office of Prince Reza Pahlavi, Alisina Mostafavi is an athlete and mountaineer who has climbed numerous peaks, including Everest. After a "forced confession" that, according to the same source, was extracted under torture, he was sentenced to death in a show trial. The Prince's office called on fellow countrymen to be the voice of political prisoners facing execution and to do everything possible to save their lives.

Details of the case, including when he was arrested, the charges brought by the judiciary and the prison where he is held, have not yet been independently published.

A wave of political executions after the Dey uprising

The warning about Alisina Mostafavi comes amid a wave of political executions. On Tuesday, 13 October, Amnesty International called the execution of five protesters from the Dey uprising in a single week a tool of intimidation, and a few days earlier Reza Zangeneh, a prisoner sentenced to death, was moved to solitary confinement in Ghezelhesar prison. In many recent cases, transfer to solitary confinement and the summoning of the family for a "final visit" have come hours or days before the sentence was carried out.

The "Last Breath" campaign, which the media office of Prince Reza Pahlavi is running to save political prisoners facing execution, adds new names to this list every day.

Alisina Mostafavi, the mountaineer who conquered Everest, faces imminent execution after being moved to solitary confinement and his family being summoned for a final visit.