IRAN - 7 more men executed in recent days

October 28, 2026 - IRAN. 7 men executed in recent days. 

Esmail Moradvand, Faramarz Seyfouri, Behnam Molani, Khalil Gholizadeh, Ardeshir Karimi, Farshad Qaderi and Amirali Einabadi

According to information received by Hengaw, authorities executed Esmail Moradvand, 64, a Lor from Dasht-e Azadegan in Khuzestan Province who lived in Qazvin, and Faramarz Seyfouri, 38, a Turk from Abhar in Zanjan Province, in Qazvin Central Prison on October 28, 2026. Both had been convicted of drug-related offenses. Moradvand was the father of four children, while Seyfouri had one child.

Authorities also executed Behnam Molani, 34, a taxi driver from Semnan, in Semnan Central Prison on October 28. He had been sentenced to death for murder following a dispute involving a romantic relationship four years earlier.

Two other men, Khalil Gholizadeh, 40, a Turk from Takestan in Qazvin Province and father of two, and Ardeshir Karimi, 52, a Turk from Zanjan and father of three, were executed in Zanjan Central Prison on October 27. Both had been convicted of drug-related offenses. Gholizadeh had been arrested three years earlier and Karimi two years earlier.

Authorities also executed Farshad Qaderi, 28, a Kurdish prisoner from Qalateh village in Delfan County, in Karaj Central Prison on October 27. He had been sentenced to death for murder following a group altercation. Qaderi had voluntarily turned himself in to authorities and maintained that he had acted in self-defense.

Amirali Einabadi, 35, was executed in Nishapur Prison on October 25. He had been sentenced to death for murder following an incident that resulted in the death of a woman for whom he had previously had romantic feelings.

None of the seven executions had been announced by Iranian state media.