Hengaw – Thursday, August 20, 2026 Islamic Republic authorities executed Ghaem Hosseini, also known as Arian, a 20-year-old Afghan national arrested in connection with the January protests, at Isfahan Central Prison. Hosseini was a defendant in the “Isfahan Alikhani Square” case and is the fifth defendant in the case to be executed. According to information received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, authorities carried out Hosseini’s execution at dawn on Thursday, August 20, 2026. He was the maternal cousin of Gol Mohammad Mohammadi, another Afghan national and defendant in the same case who was previously executed. Mizan News Agency, the official news outlet of Iran’s judiciary, reported that Hosseini had been sentenced to death on charges including “waging war against God,” “corruption on earth,” “acting against national security,” and “destruction of public property.” Hosseini was accused of participating in the events at Alikhani Square in Isfahan on January 8, 2026, during which four members of the Special Unit were killed. He was also accused of damaging the body of one of the officers and taking part in setting fire to a charity center.

جمشید پیرفلک، عموزاده پدر کیان پیرفلک، پس از بازسازی مزار او بازداشت شد. میثم، پدر کیان پیرفلک، کودک ۹ ساله کشته‌شده در جریان خیزش ۱۴۰۱، نوشت: «عموزاده عزیزم جمشید مولایی معروف به رایکا بدون دلیل درست یک هفته‌بد از بازسازی قبر کیان عزیزم بازداشت شد جمشید دارای دیابت هست هر لحظه ممکن است زیر شکنجه جسمی و روحی تشنج کند و به کما برود مسئولیت سلامتی ایشان بر عهده بازداشت کنندگان می‌باشد.» دادبان تأکید می‌کند که عدم اطلاع‌رسانی درباره وضعیت افراد بازداشت‌شده از سوی ضابطان و مقامات قضایی، مصداق بارز بازداشت غیرقانونی و خودسرانه است. همچنین در صورتی که هیچ‌گونه اطلاعاتی درباره دلیل بازداشت، اتهام انتسابی، محل نگهداری و وضعیت سلامتی فرد به خانواده او ارائه نشود، این اقدام می‌تواند در عمل مصداق ناپدیدسازی قهری باشد. #جمشید_مولایی #کیان_پیرفلک Jamshid Pirfalak, the cousin of Kian Pirfalak’s father, was arrested after his grave was renovated. Meysam, the father of Kian Pirfalak, a 8-year-old child killed during the 1401 uprising, wrote: “My dear cousin Jamshid Molaei, known as Rayka, was arrested without any valid reason a week after the renovation of my dear Kian’s grave. Jamshid has diabetes. He may have a seizure at any moment under physical and mental torture and go into a coma. The responsibility for his health lies with the detainers.” The judge emphasizes that the failure to inform the officers and judicial authorities about the status of the arrested individuals is a clear example of illegal and arbitrary detention. Also, if no information is provided to the family about the reason for the arrest, the charges against them, the place of detention, and the individual’s health status, this action can in practice be an example of enforced disappearance. #Jamshid_Molaei #Kian_Pirfalak

Hengaw – Thursday, August 20, 2026 Iranian authorities executed Donya Mohammadi, a 20-year-old Kurdish woman from Eyvan-e Gharb, in Ilam Central Prison. She was 18 when arrested. According to information received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, her execution was carried out at dawn on Wednesday, August 19, 2026. Hengaw sources said Mohammadi was arrested two years ago for killing her cousin, who had sought to marry her, by poisoning him with aluminum phosphide, commonly known as rice tablets. The judiciary sentenced her to qisas, or retributive execution. Neither Iran’s official media nor judiciary-affiliated institutions have announced her execution.