Human rights sources reported on Friday, November 18, that the death sentences of 4 prisoners in the cities of Yazd and Hamadan have been carried out. The Iran Human Rights Organization stated that the death sentences of 3 Baluch prisoners accused of 'drug-related offenses' and 'premeditated murder' were executed in Yazd Central Prison. The Halosh news agency announced that these sentences were carried out on the morning of Tuesday, November 15, with two prisoners executed for 'drug offenses' and one for 'premeditated murder'. The HRANA news agency also reported that on Tuesday, the death sentence of a man in Hamadan Central Prison was executed. According to this report, the prisoner, identified as Hamed Mehraban, 38 years old, was sentenced to qisas (retribution) for 'premeditated murder'. In the continuation of the intensifying trend of executions in Iran, human rights sources reported on Thursday, November 17, that the judicial authorities of the Islamic Republic executed at least 11 prisoners, including a woman and an Afghan national, in several cities across Iran. Reports indicate that these executions took place in prisons in Mashhad, Zanjan, Rasht, and Shiraz. According to a report by the Human Rights Activists in Iran, the judicial authorities executed two prisoners in Lakan Prison in Rasht for drug-related offenses. Additionally, this media outlet reported the execution of two prisoners in Zanjan Prison. According to HRANA, on Wednesday, November 16, the judicial authorities executed a prisoner named 'Majid Ali-Babai' in Adelabad Prison in Shiraz for 'murder'. The Iran Human Rights Organization also reported on Thursday that the judicial authorities executed 'at least six prisoners, including an Afghan national' for drug-related crimes in Mashhad Central Prison, also known as Vakilabad. The Islamic Republic's judiciary has continuously increased the execution of prisoners related to drug offenses over the past four years, with at least 727 individuals executed in this regard in the past two years. The Iran Human Rights Organization reported that the number of those executed for drug-related offenses by the Islamic Republic's judiciary in 2022 was 256, which saw an 84% increase to 471 in the following year. Additionally, HRANA reported that on Thursday, four prisoners were transferred to solitary confinement in Karaj Central Prison for the execution of their sentences. Previously, Amnesty International reported in its annual report published in Khordad of this year that the Islamic Republic of Iran was one of the five countries with the highest number of executions in 2023. This human rights organization noted that the Iranian government alone carried out 74% of the identified executions.
Execution of 4 Prisoners in Hamadan and Yazd
Four prisoners were executed in Iran, including three Baluch individuals in Yazd and one man in Hamadan, amid a continuing trend of increasing executions related to drug offenses and murder. Human rights organizations report that at least 11 prisoners were executed across various cities in Iran recently, highlighting the ongoing human rights concerns in the country.
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Iran executed 4 prisoners in Yazd and Hamadan for drug-related offenses and murder.
- Iranian judicial authorities execute 4 prisoners in Yazd and Hamadan
- Iranian judicial authorities execute 11 prisoners across several cities
- Iranian judicial authorities execute 6 prisoners in Mashhad Central Prison
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The Iranian government's execution of prisoners underscores its ongoing human rights violations.
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