Kianoush Khosravi Siah-Beydi and Ghasem Azizi executed in Kermanshah and Birjand prisons

Hengaw– Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Executions of two prisoners, Kianoush Khosravi Siah-Beydi in Kermanshah and Ghasem Azizi in Birjand, were carried out without public announcements from state-affiliated media.

According to information received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Kianoush Khosravi Siah-Beydi, a Kurdish prisoner from Siah-Bid-e Olya village in Kermanshah province, was executed in the early hours of Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at Dizelabad Prison. He had been arrested six years ago and sentenced to death by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s judiciary on charges of premeditated murder.

In a separate case, at dawn on Monday, July 14, 2025, Ghasem Azizi was executed in Birjand Prison. He had been arrested on drug-related charges and later sentenced to death.

The executions of both individuals have not been officially reported by Iranian state media or judiciary-affiliated outlets.