IRAN - 3 men executed in Zanjan on November 17
Omid Farokhnezhad, Jahangir Hessari, Asad Pirbab
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November 17, 2025 - IRAN. 3 men executed in Zanjan on November 17
Omid Farokhnezhad, Jahangir Hessari, Asad Pirbab
The executions of three prisoners were carried out at Zanjan Central Prison at dawn on November 17, 2025. They were Omid Farokhnezhad, Jahangir Hessari, a 62-year-old Turk from Tabriz, and Asad Pirbab, around 30 and from Bamyan, Afghanistan.
According to informed sources, Farokhnezhad had been convicted on drug-related charges, while Hessari and Pirbab had been held for the past two years in separate cases involving similar drug-related accusations.
These executions had not been reported by Iranian state media.
— SOURCES
- (Source: Hengaw)
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