Identities of two more prisoners executed in Kermanshah Central Prison confirmed

Hengaw – Thursday, October 16, 2025

The identities of two additional Kurdish prisoners executed this week in Kermanshah Central Prison (Dizelabad) have been confirmed as Bijan Qahari, from Eslamabad-e Gharb (Shabad), and Arash Mehri, from Kermanshah. With these confirmations, the identities of three out of the five prisoners executed in the prison have so far been verified. Earlier, Hengaw had identified another executed prisoner as Shahram Chenani, also from Kermanshah.

According to information received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, at dawn on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, the death sentences of Bijan Qahari, a resident of the village of Kamarzard in Eslamabad-e Gharb and father of one, and Arash Mehri, from Kermanshah, were carried out in Kermanshah Central Prison.

Informed sources reported that both prisoners had previously been arrested on charges of premeditated murder and later sentenced to death by the Iranian judiciary.

Hengaw had earlier reported on the execution of Shahram Chenani, another Kurdish prisoner from Kermanshah, on the same day and in the same prison.

According to the report, a total of five prisoners were executed that day, with the identities of two others still under investigation.

Iranian state media, including judiciary-affiliated outlets, have not announced these executions.