Torture claims emerge as three Iranian prisoners are executed, families denied final visits.

Three Iranian prisoners were executed in Orumiyeh Central Prison after allegedly being tortured to extract confessions, according to letters and calls shared with The Jerusalem Post by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Yaghoub Karimpour and Nasser Bakerzadeh were hanged on Saturday; Mehrab Abdollahzadeh on Sunday. Families were not informed and were barred from final visits or body release. Karimpour, accused of passing information to Mossad, said he endured two months of physical and psychological torture, was denied medication for disabilities, and confessed only under duress. Bakerzadeh described abduction by plainclothes IRGC agents, solitary confinement and threats; he said charges were retrofitted from national security to espionage after he refused further cooperation. Abdollahzadeh, who denied involvement in 2022 protests' violence, recounted weeks of beatings, isolation, and coercion; he later signed a confession. KHRN frames the executions as intimidation and retaliation amid broader protests and tensions with Israel.