Aref Karimian executed in Isfahan Central Prison

Hengaw – Friday, August 14, 2026

Aref Karimian, a 38-year-old prisoner previously sentenced to death for “premeditated murder,” was executed in Isfahan Central Prison (Dastgerd Prison).

According to information received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Karimian, from Khomeyni Shahr, was executed in the early hours of Tuesday, August 11, 2026.

Karimian, who was married and the father of one child, had been arrested four years earlier on charges of “premeditated murder” and subsequently sentenced to death under qisas (retributive justice) by the Iranian judiciary.

His execution has not been announced by Iran’s state media or judiciary-affiliated sources.