Eight Prisoners Executed in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
Eight Prisoners Executed in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj

HRANA – Former inmates of Suite 35 at Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj have provided HRANA with accounts alleging the systematic mistreatment of prisoners, including physical assaults, the use of pipes as instruments of corporal punishment, denial of medical care, and the transfer of injured detainees to the facility. Multiple independent testimonies repeatedly identified a […]
Former Prisoners Describe Beatings and Denial of Medical Care in Ghezel Hesar Prison
Iran Court Issues New Verdicts in Ekbatan Case After Supreme Court Overturns Death Sentences

HRANA – Branch 13 of Tehran Province Criminal Court One has issued new verdicts for six defendants in the case known as “Ekbatan Town.” According to the ruling, Milad Armoun, Alireza Kafaei, and Amir Mohammad Khosh-Eghbal were each sentenced to imprisonment and payment of diyah (blood money) on charges of participation in murder. Navid Najaran, […]
January 2026 Protests; Mohammad Abbasi Executed in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj

HRANA – 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 today. Mr. Abbasi had been arrested during the January 2026 nationwide protests, and his death sentence had recently been upheld by the Supreme Court. According to HRANA, another […]
Erfan Shakourzadeh, Aerospace Engineering Student, Executed on Charges of “Espionage”

HRANA – The Judiciary’s media center announced the execution of Erfan Shakourzadeh, a master’s student in aerospace engineering. Mr. Shakourzadeh had previously been sentenced to death on charges of “intelligence cooperation with Mossad and the CIA.” Mizan announced this morning that Erfan Shakourzadeh, who had been active in a scientific organization working in the satellite […]