Overview

• The judiciary said the six were 'separatist terrorist elements' responsible for shootings and bombings around Khorramshahr that killed police and Basij members in 2018 and 2019.
• State television aired footage of one of the men discussing the operations, presenting the material as the first public detailing of the attacks.
• In a separate case, authorities hanged Kurdish fighter Saman Mohammadi after a conviction for moharebeh, with state media linking him to a 2009 killing in Sanandaj and other crimes.
• The Hengaw Organization for Human Rights identified the six as Arab political prisoners detained during 2019 protests and alleged torture and coerced televised confessions, with claimed ties to ASMLA.
• NGOs including Iran Human Rights and the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center report more than 1,000 executions in 2025 as Iran expands security measures following June’s Iran-Israel conflict and advances tougher espionage penalties in parliament.