The facts
Reuters reported, citing Iranian state media, that three men were executed on 8 November after convictions over armed unrest during January’s anti-government protests. [1][2]
Tasnim said the judiciary accused the men of attacks on public facilities, arson and damage to an electricity substation, and said the Supreme Court upheld their sentences; these are official allegations and procedural claims. [1][2]
Rudaw reported that the three executions brought the number of protest-linked executions reported in less than a week to five, including two on 3 November. [3]
Iran Human Rights said it had counted at least 36 protest-related executions since 19 March through its 3 November report; that figure predates the three executions reported on 8 November. [4]
Still unconfirmed
- Independent evidence about the three men’s alleged conduct, access to legal representation and the trial proceedings was not available in the opened reports.
- No updated consolidated official or rights-group count including the 8 November executions was verified.
Sources
References support the numbered facts above. Source checks: 8 Nov 2026, 09:33 UTC.
Reuters, Tasnim and Rudaw report an Iranian state-media or judiciary-affiliated account of the executions; they share the official origin for the core claim. No direct court record was located. Charges are attributed to the judiciary and not stated as independently proven. Iran Human Rights supplies a separate, explicitly dated historical count only.
- Iran executes three men over armed unrest during January protests
Reuters via Internazionale · Reporting · 8 Nov 2026
Reuters report says state media reported the 8 November executions and attributes the case allegations to Iran’s judiciary.
- Three Men Hanged in Iran over Armed Involvement in January Unrest
Tasnim News Agency · Reporting · 8 Nov 2026
Tasnim reports the executions and relays the judiciary’s account of the charges and Supreme Court review; the allegations are not independently established.
- Iran executes three more January protesters, bringing weekly toll to five
Rudaw · Reporting · 8 Nov 2026
Regional reporting says the executions were reported by judiciary-affiliated Mizan and places them alongside two earlier protest-linked executions this week.
- January Protesters Amirhossein Maleki and Amirhossein Ebrahimi Hanged; Nine Alikhani Square Defendants Executed
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) · Reporting · 3 Nov 2026
Rights group’s dated count says at least 36 people had been executed in connection with the December 2025–January 2026 protests by 3 November; this count predates the current executions.