Abbas Akbari Feyzabadi
Iranian man executed May 2026 for alleged armed role in the January 2026 protests.
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Executed in Isfahan on moharebeh charges for January 2026 protest activity
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran hangs a 15th uprising protester- Who was Abbas Akbari Feyzabadi?
- An Iranian man executed on 25 May 2026 in Isfahan province on a moharebeh charge — enmity against God — for alleged armed participation in the January 2026 protests. He was the 15th person put to death for January-uprising activity, documented by Iran Human Rights and i24 News.Source: Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); i24 News
- What is moharebeh and why was it used against Iranian protesters?
- moharebeh (enmity against God) is a capital charge under Iranian law applied to acts the state characterises as waging war against it. Iranian courts applied it to protest-related violence in the January 2026 uprising, using it to sentence at least 15 demonstrators to death by May 2026.Source: Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO)
- How many protesters has Iran executed for the January 2026 uprising?
- At least 15 people had been executed for participation in the January 2026 protests by 25 May 2026, according to Iran Human Rights. This ran alongside a broader wartime execution register that Amnesty International placed above 200 in mid-May 2026.Source: Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); Amnesty International
- Why were executions carried out without notifying the family in Iran?
- Iran Human Rights and Amnesty International have documented a pattern of the Iranian judiciary carrying out executions without prior notification to families. The practice denies condemned individuals and families the opportunity to arrange last visits or legal appeals and is considered by rights monitors to constitute cruel treatment.Source: Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO)
Background
Abbas Akbari Feyzabadi was executed on 25 May 2026 in Isfahan province (Nain area) on a charge of moharebeh — enmity against God — for his alleged role in the January 2026 protests. He was the 15th person put to death for January-uprising activity. Iranian authorities accused him of opening fire on security forces and attacking government buildings. His Supreme Court-upheld sentence was carried out before his family was notified, a pattern Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) and Amnesty International have documented repeatedly across the wartime execution register.
His case ran on the same track as a parallel wartime judicial pipeline: the day before, Mojtaba Kian was executed as the first person publicly put to death for espionage during the 2026 war, with arrest to execution taking under 50 days. The consecutive hangings reflect two distinct charge architectures — armed rebellion and wartime espionage — running simultaneously. moharebeh is a capital offence under Iranian law used to criminalise protest-related violence; rights monitors document that convictions in these cases frequently rest on confessions obtained in prolonged pre-trial detention.
Amnesty International placed Iran's 2026 execution count above 200 in mid-May, tracking the fastest pace in 44 years and running ahead of the 2025 global record of 2,159. Akbari Feyzabadi's death was documented by IHRNGO and i24 News. He is recorded on Amnesty's 2026 register as a private individual whose connection to the news is solely through the state's judicial process against him.