According to information obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Salman Kakehkhani, a Kurdish prisoner from Baneh, was executed at dawn on July 14, 2026, at Tabriz Central Prison.
Sources familiar with the case said Kakehkhani was arrested in 2023 by law enforcement authorities on charges related to the transportation and possession of narcotics. He was later sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court in Tabriz.
Kakehkhani’s wife died last month in an electrocution accident. With his execution, the couple’s 12-year-old child has lost both parents and is now without a legal guardian.
Iranian state media and judicial authorities had not publicly announced the execution.
Execution in Karaj
Iranian authorities executed political prisoner Aref Khoshkar, who was arrested during the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom (Jin, Jiyan, Azadi) protests, at Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj.
According to information obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Khoshkar, a political prisoner from Tehran, was executed at dawn on July 15, 2026, at Ghezel Hesar Prison.
Sources familiar with the case said Khoshkar’s family was informed of his execution at about 8 a.m., after the sentence had already been carried out. Prison authorities refused to immediately release his body to the family and transferred it to the Behesht Zahra morgue in Tehran at around 11 a.m. The family was instructed to return on Thursday, July 16, to identify and receive his body.
Khoshkar had been transferred to Suite 35, the prison’s solitary confinement unit, on July 11 ahead of his execution. His family was allowed a final visit on July 12.
He had been sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court in Tehran on charges including “moharebeh” (waging war against God) through carrying and using a weapon, “assembly and collusion against national security,” and the killing of a member of the Basij paramilitary force. Khoshkar’s lawyer had previously challenged the verdict, arguing that the case contained significant inconsistencies and that the evidence was insufficient to support the charges. The lawyer also said the location of the alleged incident lacked surveillance footage or other corroborating judicial evidence.
Khoshkar was arrested on November 11, 2022, during protests in Tehran’s Fallah neighborhood and remained in custody until his execution.
Execution in Rasht
Iranian authorities executed Elias Azarpira, a 48-year-old Gilak man from Bandar Anzali, convicted of murder at Rasht Central Prison, also known as Lakan Prison.
According to information obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, the execution was carried out at dawn on July 7, 2026, at Rasht Central Prison.
Sources familiar with the case said Azarpira was arrested in 2022 following a fatal altercation and was later sentenced to death on charges of premeditated murder by the Iranian judiciary.
Iranian state media and judicial authorities had not publicly announced the execution.
Execution in Shiraz
Iranian authorities executed a 31-year-old man convicted on drug-related charges at Shiraz Central Prison, also known as Adelabad Prison.
According to information obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Ehsan Riahi, a 31-year-old man from Neyriz in Fars province, was executed at dawn on July 15, 2026, at Shiraz Central Prison.
Sources familiar with the case said Riahi had been arrested about five years ago on charges related to the transportation and possession of narcotics. He was later sentenced to death by the Iranian judiciary.
Riahi was transferred from Ward 9 of Adelabad Prison to solitary confinement on July 14 ahead of his execution.
Iranian state media and judicial authorities had not publicly announced the execution.
Execution in Isfahan
Iranian authorities executed Mohammad Amini Dehaghani, who was detained during the January 2026 protests. No information about his arrest or legal proceedings had previously been made public.
The judiciary-affiliated Mizan news agency reported that Amini Dehaghani, from the city of Dehaghan, was executed on July 15, 2026, at a prison in Isfahan province.
Before state media announced the execution, there had been no public reporting about his detention, interrogation, or trial. According to information obtained by the Hengaw, he had been denied access to an independent lawyer, in-person family visits, and basic fair trial protections.
Mizan said Amini Dehaghani was accused of setting fire to the Dehaghan governor’s office and damaging public property during the January 2026 protests. The agency did not disclose the specific capital charge under which he was sentenced to death.
Hengaw condemns the execution and describes the secret execution of protest detainees as a serious violation of due process. The organization calls on the international community to take stronger measures in response to Iran’s use of the death penalty against protesters.
Executions in Kermanshah
Iranian authorities have executed two Kurdish religious prisoners, Mohieddin Abdollahi and Hossein Palani Jaf, from Kermanshah province. They had been sentenced to death on charges of baghi (“armed rebellion”).
According to information obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Mohieddin Abdollahi, from Javanroud, and Hossein Palani Jaf, from Sarpol-e Zahab, were executed at dawn on July 14, 2026, at Kermanshah Central Prison.
The judiciary’s official news agency, Mizan, confirmed the executions but did not disclose the prison where they were carried out.
The two men had been detained by the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) since 2018 and had been held at Rajai Shahr and Ghezel Hesar prisons in Karaj.
Media outlets affiliated with Iran’s security agencies and judiciary alleged that the two men were members of Islamic State (ISIS) cells operating in border areas and were arrested during a military operation following an armed confrontation. The Iranian judiciary convicted them of baghi, a charge under Iranian law that refers to armed rebellion against the state.
Details about the judicial proceedings and other aspects of the case were not immediately available.
Executions in Shirvan
Iranian authorities executed two Kurdish men, Mohammad Imani and Asad Alijani, convicted of murder at Shirvan Central Prison in North Khorasan province.
According to information obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Mohammad Imani, 27, and Asad Alijani, 33, both from Shirvan, were executed at dawn on July 12, 2026, at Shirvan Central Prison.
Sources familiar with the case said Imani was arrested in 2023 and Alijani in 2022 on separate murder charges. Both were later sentenced to death by Branch 1 of the North Khorasan Provincial Criminal Court under Iran’s qisas (retributive justice) laws.
Iranian state media and judicial authorities had not publicly announced the executions.
Executions in Tabriz
Iranian authorities executed Abdolreza Heydari and Mehdi Latifi, convicted in separate cases involving drug and murder charges, at Tabriz Central Prison.
According to information obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Abdolreza Heydari, 59, from Bandar Abbas, and Mehdi Latifi, 27, from Tabriz, were executed at dawn on July 13, 2026, at Tabriz Central Prison.
Heydari was a father of two who worked as a taxi driver before his arrest. Informed sources said his wife developed severe kidney failure eight years ago, forcing the family to sell their home, car and land to pay for her treatment and a kidney transplant. After the transplant failed and she required another transplant, Heydari turned to drug trafficking because of financial hardship.
Heydari was arrested two years ago about three kilometers outside Tabriz on charges of transporting 14 kilograms of narcotics that had been concealed in his brother-in-law’s vehicle. He was later sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court in Tabriz, which also ordered the confiscation of the vehicle.
Latifi, a construction worker before his arrest, was detained about five years ago following a street altercation in which he was accused of murder. He was later sentenced to death under Iran’s qisas (retributive justice) laws.
Iranian state media and judicial authorities had not publicly announced the executions.
Executions in Shiraz
Iranian authorities have secretly executed Jabbar Khadem and Hosseinali Zamani, convicted on drug-related charges, at Shiraz Central Prison, also known as Adelabad Prison.
According to information obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Hosseinali Zamani and Jabbar Khadem were executed at dawn on July 7, 2026, at Shiraz Central Prison. Both men had previously been transferred from Pirbanoo Prison to Adelabad Prison ahead of their executions.
Sources familiar with the case said prison officials carried out the executions without prior notice to the men’s families, depriving them of the opportunity for a final visit.
Khadem, from Kazerun in Fars province, had been arrested two years earlier on drug-related charges and was later sentenced to death by a Revolutionary Court.
Zamani, a 56-year-old father of three from Kashmar in Razavi Khorasan province, had been arrested about four years earlier on drug-related charges and was subsequently sentenced to death.
Iranian state media and judicial authorities had not publicly announced the executions.
Source: Hengaw, Staff, July 13-16, 2026
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