Abdollahzadeh, born on 15 March 1998 in Orumiyeh, was arrested on 22 October 2022 at his workplace by agents of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Intelligence Organisation during the “Women, Life, Freedom” uprising.

According to an audio recording from Abdollahzadeh in possession of the KHRN, he was subjected to 38 days of physical and psychological torture at the IRGC Intelligence detention facility in order to make him accept responsibility for participating in the protests and for the killing of a Basij member.

Despite this, footage of the incident in the possession of the security forces does not show Abdollahzadeh at the scene, and he has consistently denied any involvement in the killing.

During this time, he was denied the right to family visits and legal representation. He was then transferred to Orumiyeh Central Prison.

Abdollahzadeh’s case was referred to the Seventh Investigation Branch of the city’s Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office, presided over by Judge Soltanzadeh, and after 16 months of uncertainty in prison, an indictment was issued, and the case was sent to Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Orumiyeh, presided over by Judge Najafzadeh.

After three court sessions, he was sentenced to death for “spreading corruption on earth” (efsad-e fil-arz) and “involvement in the premeditated murder” of a member of the Basij paramilitary forces, Abbas Fatemiyeh.

The verdict was issued on 19 September 2024 and formally communicated to him in prison on 21 October 2024.

After his lawyers filed an appeal, the case was referred to the Supreme Court, where it was assigned to Branch Nine.

On 18 December 2025, the sentence execution judge informed him that Branch Nine of the Supreme Court had upheld his death sentence, and requested that he sign a petition for clemency and pardon.

In mid-February 2026, the Supreme Court rejected his application for a retrial.

Abdollahzadeh was executed in secret at Orumiyeh Central Prison on 2 May, without any notification to his family or defence lawyers.

– During his final telephone conversation with KHRN from Orumiyeh Central Prison, Abdollahzadeh described being immediately pressured by intelligence agents to become an informant after his arrest during the 2022 protests. He said that upon his refusal, he was subjected to a week of physical torture and later given hallucinogenic substances. He was shown a video of a Basij member being killed and was told by interrogators that they knew he was not in it, yet he was still charged with involvement in the killing. He was made to sign a false confession under duress. His trial lasted a total of five minutes across three sessions. The family of the victim acknowledged his innocence and were willing to drop the case, but were prevented from doing so by the IRGC. He was sentenced to death and executed despite never appearing in the evidence against him.

– On 28 April 2026, Abdollahzadeh was transferred to solitary confinement in handcuffs and leg irons on the orders of prison warden Peyman Khanzadeh, after objecting to a guard who verbally abused the families of political prisoners during a visitation session.

1. Women, Life, Freedom Uprising: Jina Amini (Mahsa Amini), a 21-year-old Kurdish woman from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, was arrested on a street in Tehran on 13 September 2022 by the morality police because of the way she was dressed. Shortly after her arrest, she was transferred to Kasra Hospital in Tehran with head injuries and symptoms of brain death, and passed away three days later on 16 September 2022. The government’s killing of Jina sparked unprecedented anti-government protests, which began with a large turnout at her funeral at Aichi Cemetery in Saqqez and quickly spread to many cities across Iran. These widespread protests against the Islamic Republic of Iran, which lasted for several months, resulted in at least 527 protesters being killed and thousands injured and arrested. The protests are known for their central slogan of “Women, Life, Freedom” (Kurdish: Jin, Jiyan, Azadi).

2. Article 286 of the Islamic Penal Code: “Anyone who extensively commits crimes against the physical integrity of individuals, crimes against the internal or external security of the country, dissemination of falsehoods, disruption of the country’s economic system, arson and destruction, distributing toxic, microbial, and dangerous substances, or establishing centres of corruption and prostitution or assisting in such activities, in a manner that causes severe disruption to public order, insecurity, or significant damage to the physical integrity of individuals or public and private property, or leads to widespread corruption or prostitution, shall be considered a corrupter on earth.”