Iran executes two Kurdish prisoners at Kermanshah’s Dizelabad Prison

Hengaw – Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Iranian authorities executed two Kurdish prisoners, Mohammad Taqi Shahveisi and Siros Ramazani, at Dizelabad Prison in Kermanshah (Kermashan). The two men had previously been sentenced to death in separate cases on charges of “premeditated murder.”

According to information received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, the executions were carried out at dawn on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, at Kermanshah Central Prison, commonly known as Dizelabad Prison. Mohammad Taqi Shahveisi, a father of four from Salas-e Babajani, and Siros Ramazani, 31, from Kermanshah, were both executed after spending years on death row.

The two prisoners had previously been sentenced to death by the Iranian judiciary in separate murder cases and were serving their sentences at Dizelabad Prison at the time of their executions.

Iranian state media and judiciary-affiliated outlets have not officially announced the executions.