Mizan News Agency, affiliated with the judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran, reported in the early hours of Sunday, November 8, 2026, that the death sentences of Hassan Divband, Hamid Kazemi, and Reza Zanganeh, three detainees arrested during the January 2026 protests in Karaj, had been carried out.
According to the report, the three citizens had been sentenced to death and the confiscation of all their property on charges of “participating in operational activities on behalf of the Israeli and US regimes and hostile groups,” actively participating in the protests while armed, carrying weapons, setting fire to and destroying public property, manufacturing and detonating incendiary devices, and damaging public infrastructure, including an electrical substation in one of the areas of Karaj. Their death sentences were carried out after being upheld by the Supreme Court. Eight other defendants in the same case were sentenced to between five and ten years in prison.
It should be noted that, as of the time this report was prepared, no information was available regarding the details of the judicial proceedings, how the court hearings were conducted, or whether the three citizens had access to legal counsel and other legal rights during the proceedings.