Iran executes 32-year-old man convicted of murder at Kashan prison

Hengaw – Thursday, July 9, 2026

Iranian authorities executed 32-year-old Esmaeil Qaderi convicted of murder at Kashan Prisonon Wednesday.

According to information obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Esmaeil Qaderi was executed on the morning of July 8, 2026, at Kashan Central Prison in Isfahan province.

Qaderi, a Kashan resident, was arrested three years earlier on a murder charge following a verbal and physical altercation. He was later tried by Branch 1 of the Isfahan Province Criminal Court and sentenced to death under Iran’s qisas, or retributive justice, laws.

Iranian state media and the judiciary have not publicly reported the execution.