Alireza Sepahi and Alireza Raeisi, two men arrested during the January 2026 protests, were executed at dawn on Monday, October 5, 2026, in Isfahan’s Dastgerd Prison. Mizan, the news agency affiliated with the Islamic Republic’s judiciary, announced that their death sentences had been carried out after being upheld by the Supreme Court. Both were defendants in the “Alikhani Square” case, which concerned events on January 8, 2026. Mizan accused them of involvement in the deaths of four police officers and listed the charges underlying their sentences as including membership in an armed rebel group, (Moharebeh) “waging war against God,” and “corruption on earth.”
The executions were carried out despite numerous reports of torture and forced confessions in the case. According to these reports, Alireza Sepahi was beaten, struck on gunshot wounds to his legs, and forced to witness his mother being tortured. Several defendants also said they were coerced into endorsing prepared statements placing Sepahi at the scene. Reports further indicated that some defendants who retracted their statements in court were subjected to beatings and mock executions to force them to confess again.
Reports concerning Alireza Raeisi indicate that authorities concealed his detention from his family and denied him the right to choose his own lawyer. Raeisi was the cousin of Ramin Raeisi, who was killed during the January protests. Ministry of Intelligence agents arrested him outside Isfahan’s Bagh-e Rezvan Cemetery on January 19, 2026, a day after Ramin’s burial. People close to the family said security agencies refused to acknowledge his detention for several days. Once his whereabouts became known, the family was told he could only have a court-appointed lawyer. His family denied the allegation that he had participated in killing the officers.
Just hours before his execution, on the evening of October 4, Alireza Sepahi and his fiancée, Mahshad Kashani, who was also imprisoned in connection with the January protests, married over the phone from prison. The couple, who had been engaged before their arrests, requested an in-person visit after their marriage ceremony so they could see each other before his execution. Sepahi was executed the following morning.
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The executions were carried out despite numerous reports of torture and forced confessions in the case. According to these reports, Alireza Sepahi was beaten, struck on gunshot wounds to his legs, and forced to witness his mother being tortured. Several defendants also said they were coerced into endorsing prepared statements placing Sepahi at the scene. Reports further indicated that some defendants who retracted their statements in court were subjected to beatings and mock executions to force them to confess again.
Reports concerning Alireza Raeisi indicate that authorities concealed his detention from his family and denied him the right to choose his own lawyer. Raeisi was the cousin of Ramin Raeisi, who was killed during the January protests. Ministry of Intelligence agents arrested him outside Isfahan’s Bagh-e Rezvan Cemetery on January 19, 2026, a day after Ramin’s burial. People close to the family said security agencies refused to acknowledge his detention for several days. Once his whereabouts became known, the family was told he could only have a court-appointed lawyer. His family denied the allegation that he had participated in killing the officers.
Just hours before his execution, on the evening of October 4, Alireza Sepahi and his fiancée, Mahshad Kashani, who was also imprisoned in connection with the January protests, married over the phone from prison. The couple, who had been engaged before their arrests, requested an in-person visit after their marriage ceremony so they could see each other before his execution. Sepahi was executed the following morning.
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