Overview
- Iran’s judicial agency, Mizan, said it executed Babak Alipour and Pouya Ghabadi for armed rebellion and identified both as members of the exiled opposition group known as the MEK.
- Judicial outlets also reported the recent executions of Akbar Daneshvarkar and Mohamad Taghavi-Sangdehi on the same charge of armed rebellion tied to alleged MEK membership.
- Human-rights organizations classify the men as political prisoners and question the trials, citing closed proceedings and reports of isolation and coercive interrogations in earlier MEK-linked cases.
- Reports place some of the latest hangings at Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj, a facility known for high numbers of executions and transfers of inmates nearing their death sentences.
- Iran Human Rights has warned of an imminent risk of wider executions after renewed unrest in late 2025, and groups including the UN and Amnesty say Iran remains among the top executioners with roughly 1,500 hangings in recent annual counts.