As the Iranian regime staged the funeral of Ali Khamenei four months after his death, human rights media reported that regime security forces opened fire on crowds celebrating the death of the dictator.
The human rights organization Hengaw reported on Wednesday, July 8, that during street celebrations following the announcement of the death of the Iranian regime’s supreme leader, regime forces opened fire on people in several cities across Iran, killing several civilians.
Hengaw reported that it has identified two of those killed during that period. According to the report, Nahal Ghalandari from Khorramabad and Faezeh Afshari from Semirom in Isfahan Province were two women who were killed by direct gunfire from regime forces on February 28 and 29 during celebrations following the announcement of Khamenei’s death.
At the same time, the legal advocacy group Dadban announced that 12 people arrested during the January protests in Isfahan have been sentenced to death in a case known as the “Alikhani Square” case.
According to Dadban, the sentences were upheld by Iran’s Supreme Court on July 5, and the cases have been referred to the Enforcement of Judgments Branch of the Revolutionary Court in Isfahan for implementation.
The case was opened after four members of the regime’s Basij paramilitary force were killed during the January 2026 protests in Alikhani Square. A total of 59 people were arrested in connection with the case. Twenty-three of those arrested, despite reportedly having no involvement in the incident, were sentenced to prison terms ranging from five to 10 years. All those sentenced to death in the case are under the age of 30.
The Human Rights Center of Iran also reported on Wednesday that more than 14 days after the arrest of Saeed Hassani, a Baha’i resident of Shiraz, there is still no information about his whereabouts, physical condition, or circumstances of detention.
Mr. Hassani was arrested on June 23 by security agents at his workplace in Shiraz, who reportedly used violence and beat him before transferring him to an undisclosed location. He had previously been arrested by the same security agency in 2016 and spent more than two months in detention.
Meanwhile, Hengaw reported that as part of a new wave of arrests targeting citizens and activists, Mamosta Abubakr Yousefi and Younes Mousapour were arrested by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence on Sunday, July 5, and transferred to the agency’s detention center in Urmia.
According to Hengaw’s sources, regime forces used severe physical violence and degrading treatment while arresting the two men. No information is available regarding the reasons for their arrest, the charges against them, or their health, and judicial authorities have refused to respond to inquiries from their families.
HRANA, the news agency of the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), also reported that political prisoner Abbas Vahedian Shahroudi, who suffers from psoriasis, lung and gum infections, diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol, has been denied specialized medical care. Prison authorities have prevented his transfer to medical facilities outside the prison. Shahroudi, a writer and civil activist, is imprisoned in Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad.
Mahmoud Taravat-Ravari, an attorney, announced in an Instagram post that the detention of three imprisoned lawyers—Elham Zeraatpisheh, Bahar Sahraeian, and Astareh Ansari—has continued for two months.
