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May 13, 2026 - IRAN. Mohammad Abbasi Executed in Ghezel Hesar on May 13, 2026
A January 2026 Protester
Mohammad Abbasi, one of those arrested during the nationwide protests of January 2026 and held in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, was executed at dawn on May 13.
A source informed on condition of anonymity and close to the family of this political prisoner told HRANA: “Officials at Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj asked Mohammad Abbasi’s family to come to the prison for a visit. However, after the family arrived, they were denied the opportunity to see him. After the Abbasi family left the prison, they were informed by phone that Mohammad Abbasi’s execution had been carried out.”
HRANA had previously reported on April 27, 2026, that Branch 39 of the Supreme Court had upheld Mohammad Abbasi’s death sentence after rejecting his appeal. In the same case, the 25-year prison sentence of his daughter, Fatemeh Abbasi, who is currently imprisoned in the women’s ward of Evin Prison, was also fully upheld by the Supreme Court.
Mohammad Abbasi had been arrested during the January 2026 nationwide protests in connection with the case involving the killing of Lieutenant Colonel Shahin Dehghani Kakavandi in Malard. Following judicial proceedings, he was sentenced to death by Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Abolghasem Salavati, on the charge of “enmity against God” (moharebeh).
After the initial verdict was issued, Ali Sharifzadeh Ardakani, an attorney-at-law, stated in an interview with Emtedad that the cases of Mohammad Abbasi and his daughter Fatemeh Abbasi had been referred to Branch 39 of the Supreme Court following an appeal by a court-appointed lawyer. He also said that Branch 39 of the Supreme Court, citing Note to Article 48 of the Criminal Procedure Code, had prevented him and another independent lawyer from representing the defendants in the case.
The Emtedad report further stated that there were numerous ambiguities and concerns regarding both the judicial process and the contents of the case against the two defendants. However, independent lawyers had been unable to effectively review or pursue the matter due to being denied access to the case file.
According to data collected by HRANA, simultaneous with the outbreak of military clashes, the issuance and implementation of death sentences in political and security-related cases have intensified. Including Mohammad Abbasi, at least 32 prisoners facing such charges have been executed during this period.
https://www.en-hrana.org/january-2026-protests-mohammad-abbasi-executed-in-ghezel-hesar-prison-in-karaj/
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2026/05/article-79
