Baluch Mansour Yousefzehi Executed for Drug Charges in Bandarabbas

According to Hal Vash, a Baluch man was executed in Bandarabbas Central Prison on on January 25. His identity has been reported as Mansour Yousefzehi who was sentenced to death for drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court.

Mansour was a farmer prior to arrest and took care of his elderly parents.

At the time of writing, his execution has not been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.

On January 27, Iran Human Rights warned of the high number of drug executions currently being carried out in Iran. Of the 55 executions in the first 26 days of 2023, 37 were for drug-related offences.

Drug executions dramatically dropped between 2018-2020 following the Amendment to the Anti-Drug Laws in 2017. However, this reversed in practice in 2021 when numbers increased by five-fold and have continued to rise throughout 2022 and 2023.