Protesters Alireza Sepahi and Alireza Raisi Hanged in Isfahan

According to the lawyers of protester Alireza Sepahi Badjani, he was hanged in Isfahan (Dastgerd) Central Prison on 5 October 2026. Furthermore, per information obtained by IHRNGO, Alireza Raisi Hassan Hendouyi was also executed at the prison on the same day. 

Alireza Sepahi’s lawyer reported that his family had been summoned to the prison on 4 October.

The news was later announced by the judiciary’s Mizan News Agency which reported that the two protesters were sentenced to death on charges of “membership in a baghi group (armed rebellion), moharebeh (enmity against God) through drawing a weapon and causing fear, terror, and insecurity, efsad-fil-arz (corruption on earth) through acts against the physical integrity of individuals and national security that caused severe disruption to public order and widespread insecurity, incitement to war and bloodshed, and other criminal acts including acting against national security.”

Left to right: Alireza Sepahi and Alireza Raisi pictured in court (published by Mizan News Agency)

Alireza Sepahi Badjani, 25, and Alireza Raisi Hassan Hendouyi, 21, were arrested in connection with protests in Isfahan’s Alikhani Square on 8 January, where authorities claimed four policemen were killed. According to informed IHRNGO sources, 62 people were arrested in relation to the case and at least a dozen were sentenced to death. IHRNGO has documented the use of physical, sexual and psychological torture to extract self-incriminating confessions from the defendants in the case. 

Five defendants in the case were previously executed, with two of them carried out publicly. Erfan Esfandiari and Gol Mohammad Mohammadi were executed at the prison on 19 July,  Alireza Sepahi’s cousin, Abolfazl Sepahi and Amirhossein Safari were publicly hanged in Alikhani Square, the scene of the alleged offences, on 28 July, and Ghaem Hosseini was executed at the prison on 20 August. 

On 31 July, IHRNGO reported that Alireza Sepahi was scheduled to be publicly hanged on 28 July which was halted after he suffered a heart attack, warning that Alireza Sepahi, Alireza Raisi and four of their co-defendants were at grave risk of execution. On 2 September, Alireza Sepahi’s lawyer, Shahrzad Shahbazi reported that Branch 39 of the Supreme Court had accepted his appeal and referred the case to a court of equal standing for retrial. However, Branch Two of the Isfahan Revolutionary Court had dismissed the application without a hearing. IHRNGO issued another warning on 12 September after Alireza was transferred to the pre-execution solitary confinement cells of the prison. 

On 4 October, defense counsel for Alireza Sepahi published an audio recording in which Alireza recites religious marriage vows via phone to his fiancée, Mahshad Keshani. Both Mahshad and Alireza’s mother, Somayeh Afshar—who was arbitrarily arrested alongside her son on 10 January—are currently serving five-year prison terms.

At least 34 protesters have been executed in connection to the December 2025–January 2026 protests since 19 March, listed here in order of execution: Saleh Mohammadi, Saeed Davodi, Mehdi Ghasemi, Amirhossein Hatami, Mohammad Amin Biglari, Shahin Vahedparast Kolor, Ali Fahim, Amir Ali Mir Jafari, Erfan Kiani, Sasan Azadvar, Ebrahim Dolatabadnejad, Mehdi Rasouli, Mohammadreza Miri, Mohammad Abbasi, Abbas Akbari Feizabadi, Ashkan Maleki, Mehrdad Mohammadinia, Fathollah Avari, Javad Zamani, Abolfazl Saedi, Mohammad Amini Dehaghani, Erfan Esfandiari, Gol Mohammad Mohammadi, Mehdi Khanaki, Abolfazl Sepahi Badjani, Amirhossein Safari Hosseinabadi, Shahram Sadeghi, Ghaem Hosseini, Majid Adineh, Majid Nikandish, Ali Hemati-Sistani, Siavash Jamshidi-Kheirabadi, Alireza Raisi Badjani and Alireza Raisi Hassan Hendouyi.

Mehrab Abdollahzadeh and Aref Khoshkar, two “Woman, Life, Freedom” protesters, were also executed during this period.