On Tuesday, August 6, five death-row prisoners in Ghezel Hesar Prison, Karaj, convicted of drug offenses, were transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for their execution. Including sixteen other prisoners who were moved to solitary confinement in this prison on Sunday, a total of twenty-one prisoners are awaiting execution.

The transfer of these prisoners, who had previously been sentenced to death for drug-related charges, was carried out to execute their sentences. Further details, including the identities of these prisoners, are being investigated by HRANA.

It is worth noting that on Sunday, August 4, sixteen prisoners in Ghezel Hesar Prison, Karaj, four of whom had been sentenced to death on murder charges, were transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for their execution.

In 2023, the Department of Statistics and Publication of Human Rights Activists in Iran registered the execution of 767 individuals. Out of these, 7 were carried out in public. Among the executed individuals whose genders were identified, 21 were female. Additionally, 2 juvenile offenders, defined as individuals under the age of 18 at the time of their alleged crimes, were also executed.