/ IHRightsBrothers Saeed and Hamid Najafi were executed in Ghezelhesar Prison on 25 August 2026 for armed robbery. No deaths were reported in the alleged robberies. Iran Human Rights identified the brothers as being from Kouhdasht. They had been arrested two years earlier and sentenced to https://t.co/dIWq9442Sf28 Oct
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TOTAL EXECUTIONS
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2

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