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Iran Hangs Abbas Kurkuri Over 2022 Protest Shootings

Rights groups accuse Tehran of extracting torture-tainted confessions in a mass execution campaign.

The death in custody of Mahsa Amini sparked protests across Iran.
The killing of young Kian Pirfalak during a protest in the southwestern town of Izeh sparked an outcry in Iran.
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Mojahed (Abbas) Kourkouri is at grave risk of execution in relation to nationwide protests. In early April 2023, Iran’s judiciary announced that a Revolutionary Court in Ahvaz sentenced Mojahed (Abbas) Kourkouri to death for “enmity against God” (moharebeh), “corruption on earth” (efsad-e fel arz) and “armed rebellion against the state” (baghi). His grossly unfair sham trial was marred by torture-tainted “confessions” obtained while he was subjected to enforced disappearance.

Overview

  • Abbas Kurkuri was hanged on June 11, 2025, after being convicted in a Revolutionary Court of opening fire on protesters in Izeh that killed seven people including 10-year-old Kian Pirfalak.
  • He was charged with “corruption on earth” and “waging war against God,” and Iran’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence before it was carried out by hanging at Sheiban prison in Ahvaz.
  • Iran Human Rights and Hengaw report that Kurkuri’s televised confession was obtained under severe torture without legal counsel and frame his execution as a deflection from security forces’ actions.
  • His execution follows the hanging of nine men convicted of 2018 Islamic State–linked plots and contributes to a tally of at least 569 hangings in Iran this year.
  • Critics say the sustained capital punishments underscore Tehran’s intensified crackdown on dissent since the 2022 Mahsa Amini protests, which saw more than 550 protesters killed.