Mohammadreza Rezaei Knkat executed in Khorramabad Prison

Hengaw – Saturday, August 22, 2026

Iranian authorities executed Mohammadreza Rezaei Knkat, a 26-year-old Kurdish prisoner from Nurabad, Delfan, on drug-related charges in Khorramabad Central Prison.

According to information received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, the execution was carried out at dawn on Saturday, August 22, 2026.

Informed sources told Hengaw that Rezaei Knkat was arrested in 2019 at the age of 19 on drug-related charges and subsequently sentenced to death by the Iranian judiciary.

He was transferred to solitary confinement on Tuesday, August 18, in preparation for the execution. His family and relatives held a protest outside the Khorramabad judiciary building and prison on Thursday, August 20, calling for the execution to be halted and the sentence overturned.

The execution has not been announced by state media, particularly outlets affiliated with the judiciary.