According to reports received by Hana Human Rights Organization, at dawn on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, the execution of a Kurdish prisoner of conscience identified as Mehdi Asgharzadeh, son of Abdolkarim and a native of Javanrud, was carried out at Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj.
According to a well-informed source, the execution was carried out without allowing a final visit with his family.
Asgharzadeh had previously been held at Dizelabad Prison in Kermanshah, where he was reportedly beaten after protesting the poor conditions of prisoners of conscience and clashing with prison officials. In protest of his mistreatment, he went on a hunger strike.
It is worth noting that he was arrested in August 2016 during an armed clash between the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and a group the authorities claimed was affiliated with ISIS near Javanrud. He was later sentenced to death.