08 May 2026 :

MAY 7, 2026 – IRAN. Behnam Abdi and Sajjad Hosseini executed in Qazvin

According to information Hengaw on May 7, iranian authorities have executed two prisoners, identified as Behnam Abdi and Sajjad Hosseini, in Qazvin Central Prison in recent days.

The execution of Behnam Abdi, a 49-year-old father of two from Qazvin, was carried out at dawn on May 6, 2026. He had been arrested around three years ago on drug-related charges.

In a separate case, the death sentence of Sajjad Hosseini, a 28-year-old man from Chahardangeh, Tehran province, was carried out in the same prison at dawn on April 27, 2026. Hosseini had been arrested six years earlier on charges of murder following a street altercation.

Sources told Hengaw that Hosseini had previously been taken to the gallows twice and had received temporary reprieves. However, the execution was ultimately carried out after his family was unable to pay the 9 billion toman blood money demanded by the victim’s family.

The executions of both prisoners have not been officially announced by Iranian state media.

https://hengaw.net/en/news/2026/05/article-43