According to Mizan, the Iranian judiciary’s news agency, Amirhossein Hatami, one of those arrested during the January 2026 protests, was executed in the early hours of Thursday, April 2. The execution was carried out after he had been transferred to solitary confinement in Ghezel Hesar Prison, when several other political prisoners had already been executed before him.
In the early hours of Tuesday, March 31, Amirhossein Hatami, along with several other political prisoners, was transferred to solitary confinement in Ghezel Hesar Prison. Mohammd Amin Biglari, Shahin Vahedparast, Abolfazl Salehi Siavoshani, and Ali Fahim were among the prisoners transferred to solitary at the same time as Hatami.
This transfer came after the execution of four political prisoners—Babak Alipour, Pouya Ghabadi, Akbar Daneshvarkar, and Mohammad Taghavi—and heightened concerns over the possible execution of other prisoners. Ultimately, in the early hours of Thursday, April 2, Amirhossein Hatami’s death sentence was carried out.
Case documents and coerced confessions
Transfer of five political prisoners to solitary in Ghezel Hesar; risk of executions amid war and ongoing repression
Reports indicate that the documents cited in Amirhossein Hatami’s case were fraught with serious ambiguities, and parts of the case file were compiled based on confessions obtained under pressure during interrogation. According to informed sources, the confessions were taken while the defendant was under duress, raising doubts about their credibility. Based on these reports, the documents presented in court were also flawed, and some of the case evidence had been challenged.
This rebellious young protester, while accusing the regime’s leaders of killing protesters in court, had said, “I attacked the Basij base to obtain weapons so I could fight you.”
Judicial process and issuance of the sentence
According to published information, the handling of Amirhossein Hatami’s case proceeded very quickly, with only a short interval between the different judicial stages. Some reports have described the process as rushed and outside the normal course of legal proceedings.
The execution of Amirhossein Hatami was carried out while the country was in a state of war and under bombardment. Several other political prisoners had previously been executed in the same prison.
Diana Al-Tahawi, Amnesty International’s deputy regional director for the Middle East and North Africa, had stated in response to the recent executions that the authorities must immediately halt any plans to execute prisoners. She mentioned several prisoners by name, including Amirhossein Hatami, and had warned that they were at risk of execution.
The statement emphasized that the continuation of executions while people are caught in war and bombardment shows that the death penalty is still being used as a tool to deal with opponents.
The overlap of war and the implementation of death sentences has led some observers to view the situation as a sign of continued internal repression under wartime conditions.
