📰 10 sources 11 articles · 8 Nov 2026, 07:13 → 5 days ago

Iran executes three convicted of armed unrest during January 2026 protests

Iran's judiciary announced on Sunday, 8 November 2026, the execution of three people — Hassan Dyouband, Hamed Kazemi and Reza Zanganeh — convicted of participating in armed unrest during the January 2026 protests and of carrying out operations for Israel and the United States. The Supreme Court upheld the rulings, while eight other defendants in the case received prison terms of five to ten years, amid rights reports of the expanding use of the death penalty in protest-related cases.

📍 Where things stand: The three executions have been carried out and prison sentences issued for other defendants, with rights reports citing at least 36 executions and 106 documented death sentences linked to the January protests.

⏱️ Timeline

8 Nov 2026, 07:13 Iran executed three people — Hassan Dyouband, Hamed Kazemi and Reza Zanganeh — after convicting them of taking part in armed unrest during the January 2026 protests and of carrying out operations for Israel and the United States. The judiciary said they used firearms, hand grenades and incendiary bombs, burned public facilities and damaged a power substation in Karaj, causing a power outage; the Supreme Court upheld the rulings.
8 Nov 2026, 07:30 Iranian official media said the judiciary had earlier announced the execution of Mehrab Abdullahzadeh on a charge of corruption on earth after his conviction in the context of the protests, and the judiciary's Mizan website said the sentence was carried out after legal procedures were completed.
8 Nov 2026, 09:26 Reports said the Supreme Court upheld the death sentences for the three, while prison terms were issued for other defendants in the same case.
8 Nov 2026, 12:27 The Revolutionary Court in Karaj issued death sentences for three defendants and prison terms of five to ten years for eight others in cases linked to "operational activities" for Israel and the United States and groups the judiciary described as hostile; death and prison sentences were also issued for other detainees in Mashhad, Tehran and Semnan, amid rights reports of at least 36 executions linked to the January protests and 106 documented death sentences.
9 Nov 2026, 04:21 Reports noted that Dyouband was arrested on 11 January, in details on the background of the case in which he was convicted alongside Kazemi and Zanganeh of participating in armed unrest and cooperating with Israel.

Timeline written by AI from the sources below; updated as new reports arrive.

⚠️ Sources disagree

Names of the three executed

Hassan Dyouband, Hamed Kazemi and Reza Zanganeh according to اندبندنت عربية
Hassan Diband, Hamid Kazemi and Reza Zanghaneh according to صدى البلد

Figures as each outlet reported them at the time. We do not judge which is correct; numbers often change as events develop.

How the sources covered it

Most coverage focused on the names of the executed and the charges of links to Israel and the United States plus details about the Karaj power substation, while other reports carried the specifics of the Karaj Revolutionary Court rulings and the execution figures from rights reports, and some limited themselves to a headline without names or details.

اندبندنت عربية Led with the names of the three executed, the details of the charges and the damage to the Karaj power substation and the Supreme Court's upholding, noting the executions came hours after another man was put to death.
Masrawy Attributed the news to Iranian official media and focused on the judiciary's earlier announcement of the execution of Mehrab Abdullahzadeh on a corruption-on-earth charge, citing the Mizan website.
annahar.com Combined the names of the executed, details of weapons and grenades used and the damage to the Karaj substation with a reference to prison terms of five to ten years for other defendants.
Iran International Focused on the Karaj Revolutionary Court's rulings of death for three and prison for eight, on sentences in Mashhad, Tehran and Semnan, and cited rights figures of 36 executions and 106 documented death sentences.
صدى البلد Gave the names of the executed in a different transliteration, mentioned prison sentences for eight other defendants, and pointed to international rights concerns over the expanding use of the death penalty.
عربي21 Added to the names and charges a detail on the date Dyouband was arrested, 11 January, as part of the case background.