Authorities in Iran on Monday executed a Jewish man, Arvin Nathaniel Ghahremani, who had been sentenced to death for murder, Iranian media reported.

“The sentence of retribution was executed this morning,” said Hamidreza Karimi, the prosecutor for Kermanshah in western Iran, according to the Mehr news agency.

According to one version of events, in November 2022, seven men, including Amir Shokri, a non-Jewish man who owed money to Ghahremani, then 18, ambushed him at a gym. Shokri pulled a knife on Ghahremani and an altercation ensued, resulting in Shokri’s death.

U.S. special envoy on antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt expressed concerns that the man was not receiving a fair trial because he was Jewish.{ai:summary}<p>Iran executed Arvin Nathaniel Ghahremani, a Jewish man sentenced to death for murder, as confirmed by local media. The incident leading to his conviction involved a confrontation at a gym in November 2022, where Ghahremani fatally stabbed Amir Shokri in self-defense.</p><p>The prosecutor stated that the execution took place on Monday morning in Kermanshah. Ghahremani was 18 at the time of the altercation, which arose from a debt dispute. #crime</p>

Iran reportedly executes Jewish man for fatal stabbing

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