Afghan National and 2 Kurdish Minorities Hanged in Jiroft

According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, three men were executed in Jiroft Prison on 26 December 2024. Their identities have been established as Jasem Jahantigh, an Afghan national, 33-year-old Saman Fakhri (right photo) and 27-year-old Asad Amini (left photo), two Kurdish minorities.

An informed source told IHRNGO: “Saman Fakhri was married with a child and was arrested with his nephew Asad Amini. None of the three prisoners had last visits with their families.”

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.

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.