Iran | 10 executed in Ahvaz, Isfahan, Karaj

Four prisoners, including an Afghan national, were executed at Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj on Wednesday, November 4, 2026. All four had been sentenced to death under Iran’s qisas (retributive justice) laws on murder charges.

According to information obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, one of the executed prisoners was identified as Gol Agha Eskandari, an Afghan national.

Eskandari had been convicted of murder following a dispute between neighbors in the Khorasan Square area of Tehran in July 2024 and subsequently sentenced to death.

The identities of the other three executed prisoners remain under investigation. According to details reported about their cases:

The first prisoner was accused of killing a man in February 2024 in collaboration with the victim’s wife.

The second prisoner had been convicted of killing his wife in December 2022 following disputes over financial matters and divorce.

The third prisoner was accused of committing murder during a dispute between neighbors in 2021.

On the same day, four additional prisoners sentenced to death under qisas laws were taken to the execution site. However, their executions were temporarily postponed after the victims’ families granted them additional time, and they were returned to their prison wards.

Executions in Ahvaz

Iranian authorities have executed two Lor prisoners, Iman Mirali and Ali Shahpasand, in Sepidar Prison in Ahvaz. Both men had previously been sentenced to death on drug-related charges.

According to information received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, the executions were carried out at dawn on Wednesday, November 4, 2026. Mirali was 36 years old, and Shahpasand was 41.

Mirali, from the village of Ja Ardu in Andimeshk County, was arrested approximately nine years ago on drug-related charges and subsequently sentenced to death by the Iranian judiciary.

Shahpasand, a father of two from Masjed Soleyman, was arrested five years ago on charges of drug trafficking and sentenced to death.

Neither Iranian state media nor official authorities have announced the executions of the two prisoners.

Executions in Isfahan

Iranian authorities executed Amirhossein Maleki and Amirhossein Ebrahimi, two 20-year-old protesters arrested during the January 2026 protests, in Isfahan Central Prison (Dastgerd Prison). Both were sentenced to death in connection with the case known as the “Ali Khani Square” case.

According to information received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, the executions were carried out on Tuesday morning, November 3, 2026. Ebrahimi was a high-achieving medical student. The families of both protesters had been summoned to the prison on Monday for a final visit.

Mizan News Agency, the Iranian judiciary's official news outlet, also confirmed the executions on Tuesday.

Both protesters were arrested during the January protests near Ali Khani Square in Isfahan's Malekshahr district. Ebrahimi was on his motorcycle heading to his grandmother's home when he became caught in a crowd. Security forces subsequently located and arrested him by tracking his mobile phone.

Ebrahimi was subjected to severe physical and psychological torture during interrogation in an attempt to extract forced confessions.

The two were charged with “moharebeh” (waging war against God), “corruption on earth,” “armed rebellion,” and “collaboration with the enemy” in connection with the killing of four members of Iran's Special Units and Basij forces near Ali Khani Square on January 8, 2026. Both were subsequently sentenced to death.

A total of 12 death sentences have been issued in the case. With the executions of Maleki and Ebrahimi, nine defendants have now been executed.

Executions in Isfahan

Two Afghan nationals, identified as Mobarak Mohammadi and Qasem Molla Amini, have been executed at Isfahan Central Prison (Dastgerd Prison) after being sentenced to death in a joint case involving drug-related charges.

According to information obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, the executions were carried out at dawn on Wednesday, October 21, 2026. The prisoners were identified as Mobarak Mohammadi, 43, a father of four, and Qasem Molla Amini, 49, a father of three. Both were originally from Sheberghan, Afghanistan, and had been residing in Mashhad, Iran.

Sources familiar with the case told Hengaw that the two men were relatives and had been arrested approximately two years earlier while traveling toward Isfahan on drug trafficking charges. They were subsequently sentenced to death by the Isfahan Revolutionary Court in a joint case.

Neither Iranian state media nor judicial authorities have publicly confirmed or denied the executions.

Source: Hengaw, Staff, November 3-6, 2026

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