Overview

• Iran’s judiciary said six men convicted as separatist terrorists were executed for killings and bombings around Khorramshahr in 2018–2019.
• State media linked the Khuzestan cases to Israel and aired confession footage, while activists say such statements are often coerced in closed trials.
• Hengaw identified the executed as Arab political prisoners detained during 2019 protests and alleged torture and forced televised confessions.
• In a separate case, Kurdish prisoner Saman Mohammadi was hanged after a Moharebeh conviction tied to the 2009 killing of a Friday prayers leader in Sanandaj.
• Independent monitors report more than 1,000 executions in Iran so far in 2025, and lawmakers advanced tougher espionage penalties following the June conflict with Israel.