Amirali Mirjafari

Amirali Mirjafari was executed in the early hours of 21 April 2026 at Qezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, becoming the eighth protest-era detainee executed since the Iran war began. He was hanged without a final family visit, according to Hengaw, the Kurdish human rights organisation that has tracked the prison's executions throughout the conflict.

Mirjafari had been arrested in January 2026 — three months before his execution — on charges that included setting fire to the Qolhak Grand Mosque in Tehran, leading protests, and damaging public property. Iranian authorities also alleged ties to Mossad, a characterisation Hengaw disputed. On the same day as his execution, US President Trump publicly called on Iran to release eight women facing similar charges, citing their cases as 'a great start' toward talks; Iran's judiciary denied any planned sentencing changes.

Mirjafari's execution fits a documented pattern of Iran using internet blackout cover to carry out protest-related executions with minimal outside scrutiny. His case intersects directly with the legacy of the 2022 Mahsa Amini protests: the legal framework used to prosecute him descends from the same emergency charges deployed against Amini-era demonstrators, and the compressed timeline from arrest to execution — under 90 days — has drawn condemnation from international human rights bodies.