Abolfazl Sepahi and Alireza Sepahi, two prisoners sentenced to death in the case known as the “Alikhani Square” case in Isfahan, are on the verge of execution. According to published reports, the two prisoners have had their final meeting with their family members, a meeting that has drawn widespread attention among human rights activists because of the family’s exceptional circumstances.

Abolfazl Sepahi and Alireza Sepahi are cousins. Their family relationship means that the possible implementation of the death sentences would cause one family to lose two of its members at the same time.

Iranian Regime Executes Two Defendants in Isfahan Protests

The Final Meeting with a Mother Who Is Also Imprisoned

According to published information, the prisoners’ final meeting took place in the presence of the family’s mother, who is herself serving a five-year prison sentence. She was transferred from prison to the visitation site with the coordination of prison authorities for the meeting.

According to informed sources, the meeting was one of the most heartbreaking moments documented in the case, as the mother was forced to say goodbye simultaneously to her son and her son-in-law.

The Alikhani Square Case and Growing Concerns

Abolfazl and Alireza Sepahi are among the defendants in the case known as the “Alikhani Square” case in Isfahan, a case related to the events of January 8 and the nationwide protests in the city.

After four members of the Basij paramilitary force were killed during those events, Iranian regime security forces arrested at least 59 people, and judicial proceedings in the case began.

Ultimately, 12 of those arrested were sentenced to death. Two of them were executed last week, while another 23 defendants reportedly received prison sentences ranging from five to 10 years.

Concerns over the fate of those sentenced in this case intensified after two of the condemned prisoners, Erfan Esfandiari and Gol Mohammad Mohammadi, were executed in the early hours of Sunday, July 19, 2026.

Erfan Esfandiari was 18 years old at the time of his arrest. Gol Mohammad Mohammadi, a 23-year-old Afghan citizen, was another defendant in the case who was executed last week.

According to published information, 24-year-old Alireza Sepahi has been given four death sentences, while 23-year-old Abolfazl Sepahi has received three death sentences.

Other individuals sentenced in this case include Ghaem Hosseini, Shervin Bagherian, Amirhossein Safari, Amirhossein Maleki, Ali Dashti, Abolfazl Ebrahimi, Alireza Raeisi, and Amirhossein Ebrahimi Analoucheh.

Some of those sentenced were under the age of 20 at the time of their arrest, and several have received multiple death sentences, an issue that has prompted reactions from human rights organizations.

The hunger strike and sit-in by about 1,500 prisoners sentenced to death in Unit 2 of Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj entered its eighth day on Monday, July 20. The prisoners, protesting the continued implementation of death sentences, have called for an end to what they describe as the Iranian regime’s “execution machine.”

According to published reports, over the past week the striking prisoners have staged a sit-in while holding placards bearing slogans including “Prison and execution are not the rights of Iran’s youth.” They declared their support for the “No to Execution Tuesdays Campaign” and stressed that they will continue their protest until their demands are met.

Collective Hunger Strike at Ghezel Hesar Prison Calls for Halt to Executions

The strike continues as reports indicate that prisoners have been deprived of some basic facilities and that the physical condition of a number of the hunger strikers has deteriorated. It is also reported that prison authorities have attempted to prevent news of the protest from spreading by restricting prisoners’ communication with the outside world.

As the sit-in entered its eighth day, hundreds of family members of prisoners sentenced to death gathered outside Ghezel Hesar Prison the previous day, calling for a halt to executions and the saving of the prisoners’ lives. Chanting slogans against executions, the demonstrators urged international bodies and human rights organizations to take action to prevent the implementation of these death sentences.

According to reports, security forces and prison guards were deployed to disperse the protesters and attempted to prevent the gathering from continuing, but the families persisted with their protest despite the security pressure.

At the same time, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), in a statement, called on the United Nations, the UN Special Rapporteurs on human rights, and other international bodies to support the striking prisoners and take action to stop the implementation of death sentences and dispatch an international fact-finding mission to prisons in Iran.

Reports received from Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz indicate that political prisoner Massoud Jamei, who has been sentenced to death twice, was transferred to solitary confinement after chanting protest slogans inside the prison and is being held under harsh conditions.

According to the Human Rights Society of Iran, the political prisoner is being held in a cell without an air conditioning system despite the extreme heat in Ahvaz. Informed sources have also reported that his head was shaved and that he has been subjected to physical and psychological abuse intended to humiliate him and break his spirit.

PMOI Supporters Given Double Death Sentences by Iran’s Regime

According to the report, Massoud Jamei was transferred to solitary confinement on the orders of prison officials following his protest slogans. Informed sources say that as temperatures have risen in Khuzestan Province, holding him in a cell without air conditioning has heightened concerns about his physical condition.

Sources close to the case also stated that after transferring the political prisoner to solitary confinement, prison agents shaved his head and subjected him to severe physical and psychological pressure. Officials at Sheiban Prison and Iran’s judiciary have not commented on the matter.

According to published reports, he suffers from malignant stomach cancer, liver and kidney failure, high blood pressure, an internal infection, and fatty liver disease. Poor prison conditions and the denial of medical treatment have worsened his illnesses.

Despite repeated warnings about the political prisoner’s health, reports indicate that authorities have so far refused to approve his transfer to medical facilities outside the prison, with the Ahvaz prosecutor and Iran’s security agencies preventing his hospitalization.

Massoud Jamei, an oil well security guard, is married and has four children. He was arrested by Iran’s security forces on August 1, 2023, and after lengthy interrogations was transferred to Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz. During the winter of 2024–2025, his wife and three of his children were also tried in the Revolutionary Court of Bavi County on charges including “contact with groups opposed to the regime” and “membership in the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).”

According to a ruling issued by Branch One of the Ahvaz Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Adibi-Mehr, which was formally served on him on July 11, 2025, Massoud Jamei was sentenced to death twice and one year of discretionary imprisonment. The latest reports about his transfer to solitary confinement, torture, and deprivation of basic necessities have further intensified concerns among human rights activists about the condition of the political prisoner.