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IRAN - Sattar Zahedifar executed in Gonabad on December 8

December 8, 2025:

December 8, 2025 - IRAN. Sattar Zahedifar executed in Gonabad on December 8

The executions of Sattar Zahedifar, a Kurdish man from Esfarayen, was carried out at dawn on December 8, 2025, in Gonabad Prison. Zahedifar had been sentenced to death on drug-related charges.

The execution has not been announced by Iranian state media.

https://hengaw.net/en/news/2025/12/article-66

(Source: Hengaw)

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