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Iran executed another protester on Thursday over the deadly 2026 Isfahan unrest, as rights groups warn of forced confessions and death sentences used to stifle dissent.
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groups → execute → dissent
Iran executed a foreign national accused of taking part in anti-government protests in the city of Isfahan in January, the judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported on Thursday.
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agency → execute → Thursday
The judiciary identified the man as Qaim Hosseini, but did not disclose his nationality.
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judiciary → identify → nationality
Mizan said Hosseini, who was also known by the alias “Arian,” had confessed to taking part in protests held on 8 January in Ali Khani Square in Isfahan.
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who → say → Isfahan
The judiciary had previously said that four security personnel were killed during protests in the square.
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personnel → say → square
Authorities arrested 59 people after the incident on charges of taking part in the demonstrations.
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Authorities → arrest → demonstrations
Four other detainees in the case — Abolfazl Sepahi, Amirhossein Safari, Erfan Esfandiari and Golmohammad Mohammadi — had previously been executed.
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detainees → execute → case
Hosseini was carrying a “cold weapon” during the protests, Mizan reported.
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Mizan → carry → protests
According to the news agency, based on evidence in the case and “explicit confessions” by other defendants, Hosseini had been actively present at the scene where security forces were killed and had kicked the bodies of the dead officers.
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forces → accord → officers
Mizan also reported that Hosseini had been accused of taking items from a charity organisation and setting them on fire.
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Hosseini → report → fire
Iran’s judiciary said Hosseini’s trial was held in the presence of a lawyer and that the death sentence was reviewed and upheld by the Supreme Court following his appeal.
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sentence → say → appeal
Human rights organisations have repeatedly raised concerns over reports of forced confessions by detainees in Iran, as well as restrictions on effective access to legal counsel, fair trial guarantees and defendants’ rights during detention, investigation and trial.
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organisations → raise → detention
Rights activists and organisations have also accused Tehran of using the death penalty in protest-related cases as a tool to spread fear and suppress dissent.
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activists → accuse → dissent
A report released earlier this week by the Washington-based Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran stated that Tehran has executed at least 901 people since the beginning of 2026, including 28 executions carried out in August alone.
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Tehran → release → August
In a report to the United Nations General Assembly, Secretary-General António Guterres said at least 975 people were reportedly executed in Iran in 2024, a 17% increase from the previous year and the highest annual figure recorded since 2015.
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people → say → 2015
The report also documented a further sharp rise in the first half of 2025, with at least 612 executions recorded between January and June, or 119% more compared with the same period in 2024.
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report → document → 2024
The UN has repeatedly raised concerns over the use of the death penalty in Iran, particularly in cases involving drug offences, national security charges and ethnic minorities, as well as over fair-trial guarantees and the use of torture-tainted confessions.
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