10 June 2026 :

June 4, 2026 - IRAN. Azad Shoushtari executed in Mashhad on June 4

According to information received by Hengaw, Azad Shoushtari was executed on June 4, 2026, at Mashhad Central Prison. He had been arrested about four years earlier on charges of murder in connection with a street altercation.

According to informed sources, Shoushtari’s family had managed to raise and pay 4 billion tomans of the demanded blood money (diya) to the victim’s family over the years. However, they were unable to secure the remaining 2 billion tomans of the total 6 billion tomans requested.

The victim’s family ultimately declined to grant a pardon, and the sentence was carried out.

Iranian state media have not reported the execution at the time of publication.

https://hengaw.net/en/news/2026/06/article-55