Kourosh Keyvani

کوروش کیوانی

18 March 2026 Executed

Life

• He had a great love of motorcycling, especially motorcycle jumping
  Persian original

  علاقه زیادی به موتور‌سواری، به‌ویژه پریدن با موتور داشت

• He had lived in Sweden for about 10 years and had not faced financial problems
  Persian original

  او حدود ۱۰ سال در سوئد زندگی کرده و با مشکل مالی مواجه نبوده است

• An intelligent person who was fluent in six languages
  Persian original

  فردی باهوش که به شش زبان تسلط داشته

• Kourosh Keyvani was an Iranian-Swedish citizen.
  Persian original

  کوروش کیوانی شهروند ایرانی‌ـ‌سوئدی بود.

In the words of those close to them

Maria Malmer Stenergard, Sweden's foreign minister, said that the judicial process that led to the execution of this Swedish citizen lacked legal certainty.— Maria Malmer Stenergard, Sweden's foreign minister

Persian original

ماریا مالمر استنرگارد، وزیر خارجه سوئد، گفته روند قضایی‌ای که به اعدام این شهروند سوئد رسید از امنیت حقوقی برخوردار نبوده.

The case

• His death sentence had been issued on the charge of "spying for Israel"
  Persian original

  حکم اعدام او به اتهام «جاسوسی برای اسرائیل» صادر شده بود

• Keyvani had been arrested in Savojbolagh County on the fourth day after the start of the 12-day war
  Persian original

  کیوانی در چهارمین روز از آغاز جنگ ۱۲ روزه در شهرستان ساوجبلاغ دستگیر شده بود

• Keyvani had been arrested on 26 Khordad in the Kordan area.
  Persian original

  کیوانی، ۲۶ خرداد در منطقه کردان بازداشت شده بود.

• On arresting him, agents confiscated his mobile phone and recorded in his file the photos he had taken of nature as evidence of links to Mossad and hostile networks
  Persian original

  ماموران هنگام بازداشت، تلفن همراه او را ضبط کرده و عکس‌هایی را که از طبیعت گرفته بود، به‌عنوان مستنداتی مبنی بر ارتباط با موساد و شبکه‌های معاند، در پرونده‌اش ثبت کردند

• Kourosh was held in solitary confinement for nearly eight months and had been promised that he would be released if he accepted the charges and made a forced confession
  Persian original

  کوروش نزدیک به هشت ماه در سلول انفرادی نگهداری شد و به او وعده داده شده بود در صورت پذیرش اتهامات و اعتراف اجباری، آزاد خواهد شد

• On the night before the sentence was carried out, Keyvani was called over the loudspeaker without prior notice and was held in solitary confinement until morning
  Persian original

  شب پیش از اجرای حکم، کیوانی را از طریق بلندگو و بدون اطلاع قبلی فراخواندند و او تا صبح، در سلول انفرادی نگهداری شد

After their death

• He was executed without his family's knowledge
  Persian original

  بدون اطلاع خانواده‌اش اعدام شد

• On 3 Farvardin he was buried by security agents in the deserts of Khavaran
  Persian original

  سوم فروردین به‌وسیله ماموران امنیتی در بیابان‌های خاوران به خاک سپرده شد

• Keyvani's family had no information about his situation for about 40 days
  Persian original

  خانواده کیوانی حدود ۴۰ روز از وضعیتش بی‌اطلاع بودند

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
3. Iran International
4. Iran International
5. Iran International
6. Iran International
7. yarmahmoodi.com

The name is recorded in at least two independent sources or in a human-rights organisation’s report.

Listed in

• Executed since January 2026
• Executed for alleged espionage after the June 2025 war
• Executed
• Executed on charges of “moharebeh”, “baghi”, “corruption on earth” or espionage
• The year 1404 (2025–2026)

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