Five Kurds from Urmia executed in secrecy at Tabriz Central Prison

Hengaw, Sunday, September 7, 2025

Iranian authorities have executed at least five Kurdish prisoners from Urmia in secrecy at Tabriz Central Prison. The men were identified as Keyvan Mamadi, Najib Azarm, Babak Omarzadeh, Houshang Hanareh, and Tawfiq Ne’mati. The executions were carried out without granting them a final meeting with their families. All had been convicted on drug-related charges.

According to information obtained by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, the executions took place at dawn on Sunday, September 7, 2025. Keyvan Mamadi was from Drik village in Salmas. Najib Azarm was from Kalan Kani village in the Tergawar district of Urmia. Tawfiq Ne’mati was from Bardizi village in the Somay–Bradost district of Urmia. Houshang Hanareh was from Khalian village in the same district. Babak Omarzadeh was also from the Somay–Bradost area.

Mamadi and Azarm had been arrested on drug-related charges and later sentenced to death. Omarzadeh, Hanareh, and Ne’mati were arrested four years ago in a joint case on similar charges and subsequently sentenced to death by the Iranian judiciary. The three men had previously been held in Hashtrud Central Prison and were recently transferred to Tabriz Central Prison for the implementation of their death sentences.

State media, including outlets affiliated with the judiciary, have not published any information about the executions.