Mohammadreza Miri

Mohammadreza Miri was executed by hanging in Mashhad on 4 May 2026, simultaneously with Mehdi Rasouli. Iranian state media described both men as Mossad elements convicted of involvement in an alleged January 2026 coup attempt; the charge of moharebeh (enmity against God) carries a mandatory death sentence under Iranian law. No independent verification of the coup allegations was available at publication. Iran's judiciary releases no pre-execution evidence, and Israel made no on-record response.

Miri's biographical details are limited to state media reporting. The joint Nature of his execution with Rasouli, with a single public announcement, is consistent with Iran's pattern of coordinated batch executions designed to signal a unified counter-intelligence operation rather than individual criminal proceedings. The timing — three weeks into the Hormuz blockade and one day after US forces began Project Freedom escort operations — lends the executions political as well as judicial weight.

The case contributes to a documented pattern of Iranian authorities using espionage and moharebeh charges against individuals linked to civil unrest or opposition movements following periods of domestic instability. Human rights organisations have repeatedly challenged the evidentiary basis of such charges; the January 2026 unrest, to which Miri's case is linked, produced multiple prosecutions under accelerated judicial procedures.