IRAN - Abbas Amir Gheshlaghi executed in Arak on September 30

September 30, 2026 - IRAN. Abbas Amir Gheshlaghi executed in Arak on September 30

Abbas Amir Gheshlaghi, sentenced to death on “drug-related” charges, was executed in Arak Central Prison.

Based on information received by Hengaw, Amir Gheshlaghi, a 27-year-old Lor man from Shazand (Astaneh) County and a resident of Arak, was executed at dawn on September 30, 2026.

He had been arrested three years earlier on drug-related charges.

Hengaw has learned that the Iranian Judiciary demanded one billion tomans from his family to revoke the death sentence. The family was unable to pay the amount due to financial hardship.

The execution had not been announced by Iran’s state media.