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IRAN - 6 people executed in recent days
February 4, 2026: February 4, 2026 - IRAN. 6 people executed in recent days.
Iraj Mostafavi, Bakhtiar Shahabi, Hassan Alaeibakhsh, Ali Mohammadpour, Mohammad Javad Namdari, Hashem Abbas
Hengaw has confirmed identities of those executed as Iraj Mostafavi, Bakhtiar Shahabi, Hassan Alaeibakhsh, Ali Mohammadpour, Behrouz Hazrati, Peyman Shiri, Naser Hosseini, Mohammad Javad Namdari, and Hashem Abbasi.
Further details are as follows:
-Three prisoners from Gorgan — Iraj Mostafavi, 43, Bakhtiar Shahabi, and Hassan Alaeibakhsh (Hassan Alayi-Bakhsh), 28 — were executed in Gorgan Central Prison at dawn on February 4, 2026. According to sources, Mostafavi had been convicted about three years ago in a so-called “honor-related” murder case. Alaeibakhsh had been on death row for approximately three years for murder following a street altercation, while Shahabi had been imprisoned for about six years on a similar murder charge.
- A Kurdish prisoner identified as Ali Mohammadpour, 44, a resident of Quchan sentenced to death on a murder charge, was executed in Quchan Prison on February 3, 2026, according to Hengaw’s findings.
- A Kurdish prisoner identified as Mohammad Javad Namdari, from Kermanshah, was executed in Kermanshah Central Prison (Diesel Abad) at dawn on January 30, 2026. He had previously been sentenced to death on drug-related charges.
- Hashem Abbasi, a 38-year-old Turkish prisoner from Tabriz and father of one child, was executed in Ahar Prison on the morning of January 27, 2026, after spending around six years on death row for a murder conviction.
None of these executions have been officially announced by state media.
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2026/02/article-21
https://iranhr.net/en/articles/8587/ (Source: Hengaw)
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