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IRAN - 3 men executed in Isfahan on August 21

August 21, 2025:

August 21, 2025 - IRAN. 3 men executed in Isfahan on August 21

Abdol Sabzi, Shamsollah Kheiri, Mehdi Kazemi

According to information received by Hengaw, on August 21, 2025, three prisoners were executed in Isfahan Central Prison (Dastgerd): Abdol Sabzi, 34, a Lor from Khorramabad; Shamsollah Kheiri, 27, a Gilak man from Qaem Shahr in Mazandaran Province; and Mehdi Kazemi, 37, from Falavarjan in Isfahan Province.

Kheiri had been detained two years and seven months ago on drug-related charges. Sabzi had also been held on drug charges. Kazemi had been arrested 11 years earlier on a murder charge.

These executions have not been reported by Iranian state media.

https://hengaw.net/en/news/2025/08/article-109

(Source: Hengaw)

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