Iran | Executions in Mashhad, Kermanshah, Isfahan, Khorramabad

The death sentence of Samad Mousavi, who had previously been sentenced to death on charges of “premeditated murder” in connection with the killing of a forest ranger, has been carried out at Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad.

According to information received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Mousavi was arrested in connection with the killing of a forest ranger and was subsequently sentenced to death (qisas) by the Iranian Judiciary on charges of “premeditated murder.” The sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court before being carried out at Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad.

The execution was confirmed by official media outlets in Iran. In a report published on Monday, June 8, the state-affiliated Khorasan newspaper announced that Mousavi had been executed at Mashhad’s Vakilabad Prison, although it did not disclose the exact date on which the sentence was carried out.

Executions in Kermanshah

Iranian authorities have executed at least two prisoners, including a Kurdish man identified as Abbas Zarei in Kermanshah Central Prison (Dizel Abad Prison) and an Arab prisoner identified as Ebrahim Modatzadeh in Mahshahr Central Prison. Both had previously been sentenced to death on charges of premeditated murder.

According to information obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Abbas Zarei was executed at dawn on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, in Dizel Abad Prison in Kermanshah.

Zarei was married and a resident of the village of Sarin in the Firouzabad district of Kermanshah County (Kermashan). He had previously been arrested on charges of premeditated murder and was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) by the Iranian judiciary.

In a separate case, Ebrahim Modatzadeh, an Arab prisoner, was executed at dawn on Monday, June 8, 2026, in Mahshahr Central Prison in Khuzestan Province. He had also been convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to death under qisas provisions.

The executions of Abbas Zarei and Ebrahim Modatzadeh have not been announced by Iranian state media or official sources affiliated with the judiciary.

Executions in Isfahan and Mashhad

Iranian authorities have executed three prisoners, including two Baloch men, in the central prisons of Isfahan and Mashhad. The prisoners, Rashid Qanbarzehi, Asadollah Bahreh, and Azad Shoushtari, had been sentenced to death on charges related to “drug offenses” and “premeditated murder.”

According to information received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Rashid Qanbarzehi, a Baloch prisoner, was executed in the early hours of Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at Isfahan Central Prison (Dastgerd Prison).

Qanbarzehi, a married father of six, was from the village of Chah Zard in the Nosratabad district of Zahedan County. He was arrested in Isfahan in 2018 on charges related to “drug offenses” and was later sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court.

His father was executed in Yazd Prison in 2011, while his younger brother, Reza Qanbarzehi, was later executed on similar “drug-related” charges in Chabahar Prison.

Meanwhile, Asadollah Bahreh, a 35-year-old Baloch man from Salehabad in Torbat-e Jam County, was executed at Mashhad Central Prison (Vakilabad Prison). He was married and had one child. Bahreh had been arrested three years earlier on charges related to “drug offenses” and was later sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court in Mashhad.

Separately, Azad Shoushtari was executed on Thursday, June 4, 2026, at Mashhad Central Prison. He had been arrested about four years earlier on charges of “premeditated murder” in connection with a street altercation and sentenced to qisas (retributive punishment in kind).

According to informed sources, Shoushtari’s family had managed to raise and pay 4 billion tomans of the demanded blood money (diya) to the victim’s family over the years. However, they were unable to secure the remaining 2 billion tomans of the total 6 billion tomans requested.

The victim’s family ultimately declined to grant a pardon, and the qisas sentence was carried out.

Iranian state media and official sources affiliated with the judiciary had not reported the executions at the time of publication.

Execution in Khorramabad

Iranian authorities have executed Nourmorad Fallahnejad, a Lor prisoner from Khorramabad, Lorestan Province, who had previously been sentenced to death on a murder charge.

According to information obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, the execution was carried out at dawn on Saturday, June 6, 2026, in Khorramabad Central Prison (Parsilon Prison).

Sources told Hengaw that Fallahnejad, 48, was a resident of Khorramabad and the father of three children. He had been arrested five years ago following a dispute over agricultural land that escalated into a confrontation in which a man was fatally shot with a hunting rifle.

He was subsequently convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to death by the Iranian judiciary.

Iranian state media and judiciary-affiliated outlets have not announced the execution of Nourmorad Fallahnejad.

Source: hengaw.net, Staff, June 9-11, 2026

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