Aref Khoshkar

عارف خوشکار

Karaj · Alborz Province

15 July 2026 Executed

Life

• one of those arrested during the 2022 nationwide protests
  Persian original

  one of those arrested during the 2022 nationwide protests

• Political prisoner and detainee of the revolutionary uprising "Jin, Jiyan, Azadî"
  Persian original

  زندانی سیاسی و بازداشت‌شده خیزش انقلابی ژن ژیان ئازادی

The case

• Aref Khoshkar was arrested on 20 Aban 1401, in the middle of the nationwide protests, in the Fallah neighbourhood of Tehran.
  Persian original

  عارف خوشکار رو ۲۰ آبان ۱۴۰۱، وسط اعتراضات سراسری، تو محله فلاح تهران گرفتن.

• According to HRANA, his lawyer had previously said the case was full of ambiguities
  Persian original

  به گزارش هرانا، وکیلش قبلاً گفته بود پرونده پر از ابهامه

• On Saturday he was taken to Suite 35 of Ghezel Hesar.
  Persian original

  شنبه بردنش سوئیت ۳۵ قزلحصار.

• The family had asked for a month's grace so they could talk to the victim's family and obtain their consent.
  Persian original

  خانواده یه ماه مهلت خواسته بودن تا بتونن با خانواده مقتول حرف بزنن و رضایت بگیرن.

After their death

• Prison authorities refused to hand over his body to the family and transferred it to the Behesht Zahra morgue in Tehran at around 11:00 a.m.
  Persian original

  Prison authorities refused to hand over his body to the family and transferred it to the Behesht Zahra morgue in Tehran at around 11:00 a.m.

• Prison officials refused to hand over his body to the family and transferred it to the Behesht-e Zahra morgue in Tehran at around 11 a.m.
  Persian original

  مسئولان زندان از تحویل پیکر وی به خانواده خودداری کرده و پیکر او را حدود ساعت ۱۱ ظهر به سردخانه بهشت زهرا تهران منتقل کردند.

• On Wednesday at about eight in the morning, the family was informed of the execution.
  Persian original

  چهارشنبه حدود هشت صبح خبر اعدام رو به خانواده دادن.

• They did not hand over the body either; they sent it to the Behesht-e Zahra morgue and said come back tomorrow.
  Persian original

  جنازه رو هم تحویل ندادن؛ فرستادن سردخونه بهشت زهرا و گفتن فردا بیاید.

Sources

1. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
2. Kurdpa
3. 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
• Executed on charges of “moharebeh”, “baghi”, “corruption on earth” or espionage
• The year 1405 (2026–2027)
• Tir 1405
• Alborz Province
• Karaj

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