Iran secretly executed four men — two Kurdish political activists and two Iraqi nationals — without notifying their families or granting final visits, the human rights organisation Hengaw reported, as Amnesty International said Iran carried out more executions in 2025 than any other country.
Ramin Zale and Karim Maroufpour were executed at the central prison of Naqadeh. The Iranian judiciary's official Mizan news agency said both men had been convicted of "armed uprising," "attempted assassination" and "forming a group to disrupt national security," and described them as members of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran, which Tehran designates a terrorist organisation.
