Three prisoners, including two brothers, executed in Sabzevar

Hengaw – Saturday, August 22, 2026

Iranian authorities have executed three prisoners, Ali Afzali and brothers Mostafa Karabi and Javad Karabi, at Sabzevar Central Prison in recent weeks. The three had been sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court in a joint case involving drug related charges.

According to information received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Ali Afzali, 33, from Sabzevar, was executed at dawn on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, at the prison in Razavi Khorasan Province.

Mostafa Karabi and Javad Karabi, who were co defendants with Afzali, were executed there in late July 2026.

Informed sources said the three men had previously been arrested in connection with the same drug related case.

The executions have not been announced by Iranian state media or judiciary affiliated outlets.