Alijan Garavand executed after 17 years on death row

Hengaw – Saturday, August 1, 2026

Iranian authorities executed Alijan Garavand, a prisoner from Kuhdasht, after 17 years on death row in Qezel Hesar Prison in Karaj.

According to information received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, the execution was carried out at dawn on Thursday, July 30, 2026. Garavand was a Kurd from the village of Qebleh in Kuhdasht County.

He spent 17 years in prison after being arrested on charges of "premeditated murder" and sentenced to death by the Iranian judiciary.

Iranian state media and judiciary-affiliated media have not announced his execution.