At Least 3 Men Executed in Shiraz

According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, at least three men were executed Shiraz (Adel Abad) Central Prison on 2nd October. Two of the men who were sentenced to death for drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court have been identified as Abbas Khodayari and Seyed Nasser Hosseini (right photo), a father of four. The identity of the third man has been established as Mohammad Chamanpira (left photo) who was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder and death for rape charges. He was executed for the rape case.

An informed source told IHRNGO: “Abbas and Nasser were arrested for carrying 110 kilograms of shisheh (methamphetamines) three years ago and convicted in the same case. Mohammad was arrested for rape and murder five years ago and appears to have been executed for the rape case.”

At the time of writing, their executions have not been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.

Drug-related executions have continuously risen every year since 2021. According to IHRNGO’s 2023 Annual Report on the Death Penalty, at least 471 people were executed for drug-related charges, an 84% increase compared to 2022 (256) and about 18 times the average of drug-related executions in 2018-2020. In the first six months of 2024, at least 147 people were executed for the charges.

On 10 April 2024, 80+ Iranian and international organisations and groups called for joint action to stop drug-related executions, urging UNODC to make “any cooperation with the Islamic Republic contingent on a complete halt on drug-related executions.”