ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iran's judiciary has issued capital punishment to yet another prisoner arrested for his alleged involvement in anti-government protests in January.
Alireza Peygambari, a 26 year old detainee accused of involvement in the January protests in Tehran, has been sentenced to death on charges of moharebeh, enmity against God.
Rights groups have expressed concerns over his sudden transfer on Sunday from Greater Tehran Prison to Qezl-Hesar Prison in Karaj, known as one of the main centers for executing death sentences, according to a report received by the Human Rights Organization Hengaw.
This comes as Tehran announced the execution on Tuesday of two more prisoners, Javad Zamani and Abolfazl Saeedi, arrested for their involvement in anti-government protests in January on the same charges, according to Mizan, a news outlet affiliated with the judiciary.
Executions have ramped up since the outbreak of war on February 28, after the US and Israel launched an aerial military campaign against Iran.Several individuals who took part in the January protests have been executed in recent weeks following the attack by the United States and Israel on February 28. The conflict lasted six weeks and targeted more than 15,000 locations across Iran.
The latest warning follows a series of executions involving Kurdish prisoners. A rights group reported in May that Kurdish political prisoners Mehrab Abdollahzadeh, Nasser Bakrzadeh, Ramin Zaleh, and Karim Maroufpour were executed after Iran's Supreme Court upheld their death sentences.
Growing concerns include the fate of Kurdish activist Kajal Rahmani, who has reportedly entered her eighth day of a hunger strike in solitary confinement at Sanandaj Women’s Prison as of Monday.
Rights groups estimate that more than 40,000 people have been detained during nationwide protests.
The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reported that Iran has carried out 2,063 executions in 2025, the highest annual figure recorded in more than three decades, raising alarm among international rights organizations.
