Iranian authorities executed Mojahed (Abbas) Kourkour, a protester detained during the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom uprising, who was convicted of charges including “enmity against God” and “corruption on earth” following a deadly incident in the southwestern city of Izeh.
The execution was announced on Wednesday, coinciding with the birthday of Kian Pirfalak, a 10-year-old boy who was killed during a violent episode in Izeh in November 2022.
Iranian officials had initially accused Kourkour of involvement in the child’s death, but later revised the charges without formally exonerating him of the killing.
Kourkour’sexecution proceededdespite widespread concerns raised by human rights groups and denials of wrongdoing by the victim’s own family.
According to Iran’s judiciary’s Mizan news agency, he “was sentenced to death and executed for drawing a weapon with intent to kill and intimidate the public, spreading corruption on earth through committing crimes by firing a military weapon, and forming and joining an armed group in rebellion against the state.”
The Pirfalak family has repeatedly said that security forces were responsible for the shooting and that they have no complaint against Kourkour.