Iran executed three men on Sunday after they were convicted of carrying out operations for Israel and the United States and taking part in armed unrest during anti-government protests in January, state media reported, according to Reuters. The three were identified as Hassan Dioband, Hamid Kazemi and Reza Zanganeh. Their executions are the latest in a series Iran has carried out in recent months over the January protests, including of people accused of links to Israel and the US, Reuters said.

Source: Reuters, Nov 8 2026 — Iran executes three men over armed unrest during January protests (via Devdiscourse syndication)

According to the judiciary, the three men were accused of using firearms, grenades and Molotov cocktails, setting fire to public facilities and damaging an electricity substation in the city of Karaj, west of Tehran, causing power outages in some areas. The judiciary said Dioband was arrested on January 11, after investigations identified him as a suspect in attacks on public property and incitement to violence, and that ten others accused of participating in the unrest under his supervision were subsequently arrested.

Source: Reuters, Nov 8 2026, reporting the Iranian judiciary's statement via state media

3men executed on Sunday — Hassan Dioband, Hamid Kazemi and Reza Zanganeh (Reuters, citing state media)
Jan 11date the judiciary says Dioband was arrested, at the height of the January unrest
10other accused arrested in the same case — they received prison terms of 5 to 10 years
Karajcity west of Tehran where the judiciary says a power substation was damaged, causing outages

The judiciary's account — and what is not verified

The three men were sentenced to death and ordered to have their assets confiscated, and the executions were carried out after Iran's Supreme Court upheld their sentences, the judiciary said. The other defendants in the case received prison terms of five to ten years. The allegation that the men acted for Israel and the United States is the Iranian judiciary's charge, stated in its own announcement; Reuters reported the executions from state media, and no independent account of the evidence or the trial proceedings accompanied the announcement. The men's names are also transliterated differently in some reports of the judiciary's Mizan announcement — Hassan Deoband and Reza Zangana in one AFP-cited version.

Sunday's executions came a day after another execution in the same wave of cases: on Saturday, citing the judiciary's Mizan Online website, AFP reported the execution of Mohammad Aref Shahbakhsh, whom the judiciary described as an operative linked to the outlawed Jaish al-Adl group in Sistan-Baluchestan province. Iran accuses the United States and Israel of supporting armed groups there — an accusation both countries' alleged role in which remains Tehran's claim, reported as such.

Source: AFP, Nov 7-8 2026, via Hatha Alyoum — Iran executes three men convicted over January 2026 protests; Shahbakhsh execution reported Saturday

Awaaz Punjab reported Saturday's Shahbakhsh execution — the Baluch militant case in Sistan-Baluchestan — in full here: Read: Iran executes Baluch militant Shahbakhsh over police-station attack

What is solid

  • Iran executed Hassan Dioband, Hamid Kazemi and Reza Zanganeh on Sunday, Nov 8 — Reuters, citing Iranian state media and the judiciary.
  • The judiciary's stated charges: armed unrest during the January 2026 protests, operations for Israel and the US, attacks including damage to a Karaj electricity substation — Reuters.
  • The Supreme Court upheld the death sentences before the executions; ten co-accused received 5-to-10-year prison terms — judiciary via Reuters.

What is only claimed

  • Whether the three men actually carried out operations for Israel or the US — this is the judiciary's allegation; no evidence was published with the announcement and it has not been independently verified.
  • The exact transliteration of two names differs between reports of the same judiciary announcement (Dioband/Deoband, Zanganeh/Zangana).
A continuing series of executions

Reuters noted Sunday's hangings are the latest in a series of executions Iran has carried out in recent months over the January 2026 anti-government protests, including others accused of links to Israel and the United States. Sunday's case was centred on Karaj, the city west of the capital in Alborz province.

What happens next: with the Supreme Court having upheld the sentences and the ten co-accused already given prison terms, this case's court process is complete, according to the judiciary's account. Neither Reuters nor AFP reported any announcement of further executions scheduled in this specific case; Awaaz Punjab will report any further cases in this series as they are confirmed by wire reports.