IRAN - Heidarali Kord and Ali Pirzadeh Kord executed in Ahvaz on October 21

October 21, 2026 - IRAN. Heidarali Kord and Ali Pirzadeh Kord executed in Ahvaz on October 21

Two Kurdish men, identified as Heidarali Kord and Ali Pirzadeh Kord, have been executed at Sepidar Prison in Ahvaz after spending 14 years in prison. Both had been sentenced to death on murder charges.

According to information Hengaw obtained on November 7, the executions were carried out at dawn on October 21, 2026. Both men were from Takiyeh village, near Qaleh Tal in Baghmalek County, Khuzestan Province.

Sources familiar with the case told Hengaw that the two men had been involved in a mass altercation approximately 14 years earlier while defending agricultural land belonging to Takiyeh village against a group of attackers.

Two of the attackers were killed during the confrontation, and Heidarali Kord and Ali Pirzadeh Kord were subsequently sentenced to death.

Iranian state media have not announced the executions.