Five prisoners executed in Kermanshah Central Prison

14 October 2025 18:35

Hengaw – Tuesday, October 14, 2025

The death sentences of five prisoners were carried out at Kermanshah Central Prison (Dizelabad). Hengaw has so far identified one of the executed individuals as Shahram Chenani, a Kurdish prisoner from Kermanshah who had been sentenced to death for premeditated murder. The identities of the other four prisoners are still being verified.

According to information received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, the executions took place at dawn on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.

Shahram Chenani was arrested eight years ago on murder charges and later sentenced to death by the judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The executions have not been announced by Iranian state media or judiciary-affiliated outlets.

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