Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); 11 February 2026: Mokhtar Atayi and Bahram Chamani, two men on death row for drug-related offences, were executed in Khorramabad Central Prison. With the two previously reported executions, at least four men were hanged at the prison that day.
According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were hanged in Khorramabad Central Prison on 7 February 2026. Their identities have been established as Mokhtar Atayi from Aligudarz and 33-year-old Bahram Chamani from Khorramabad
Mokhtar was arrested around four years ago and Bahram was arrested around two years ago. They were sentenced to death on drug-related charges in separate cases by the Revolutionary Court.
IHRNGO previously reported the executions of Babak Amrayi and his uncle, Mohammad Ghasem Amrayi, bringing the total number of executions to four at the prison that day.
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 2024 Annual Report on the Death Penalty, at least 503 people were executed for drug-related charges, of which only under 3% were announced by official sources. 17% of all drug-related executions in 2024 were Baluch minorities while they represent 2-6% of Iran’s population. At least 697 people were executed for drug-related offences in the first eleven months of 2025.
In December 2025, IHRNGO published a report titled “A Village of Graves: Widespread and Systematic Drug Executions in Iran,” which provides an overview of drug laws and documents the systematic violation of due process and fair trial rights in drug cases.