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Iran Executes MEK Operative After Supreme Court Upholds Sentence

4/23/2026

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Iran executed Soltanali Shirzadi Fakhr after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence.
Mizan reported that Shirzadi was a long-time member of the exiled Mujahideen-e-Khalq and participated in “Eternal Light” and “Chalcheregh” operations.
He allegedly crossed the Salmas border in 1987, entered Iraq with MEK-linked smugglers, joined a reception unit there (the MEK had been listed as a terrorist organization by Western countries until 2013).

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Iran executed Soltanali Shirzadi Fakhr after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence.
Mizan reported that Shirzadi was a long-time member of the exiled Mujahideen-e-Khalq and participated in “Eternal Light” and “Chalcheregh” operations.
He allegedly crossed the Salmas border in 1987, entered Iraq with MEK-linked smugglers, joined a reception unit there (the MEK had been listed as a terrorist organization by Western countries until 2013).