Iranian authorities have executed at least seven prisoners, including one Kurdish, one Lor, and three Turk prisoners, in Qazvin, Semnan, Zanjan, Karaj, and Nishapur prisons over four days. All seven had been sentenced to death on charges of “premeditated murder” or “drug-related offenses.” According to information received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, authorities executed Esmail Moradvand, 64, a Lor from Dasht-e Azadegan in Khuzestan Province who lived in Qazvin, and Faramarz Seyfouri, 38, a Turk from Abhar in Zanjan Province, in Qazvin Central Prison on Wednesday, October 28, 2026. Both had been convicted of “drug-related offenses.” Moradvand was the father of four children, while Seyfouri had one child.
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