Iran executes two Kurdish religious prisoners convicted of baghi

Hengaw – Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Iranian authorities have executed two Kurdish religious prisoners, Mohieddin Abdollahi and Hossein Palani Jaf, from Kermanshah province. They had been sentenced to death on charges of baghi (“armed rebellion”).

According to information obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Mohieddin Abdollahi and Hossein Palani Jaf, both from Sarpol-e Zahab, were executed at dawn on July 14, 2026, at Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj.

The judiciary’s official news agency, Mizan, confirmed the executions but did not disclose the prison where they were carried out.

The two men had been detained by the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) since 2018 and had been held at Rajai Shahr and Ghezel Hesar prisons in Karaj.

Media outlets affiliated with Iran’s security agencies and judiciary alleged that the two men were members of Islamic State (ISIS) cells operating in border areas and were arrested during a military operation following an armed confrontation. The Iranian judiciary convicted them of baghi, a charge under Iranian law that refers to armed rebellion against the state.

Details about the judicial proceedings and other aspects of the case were not immediately available.