On January 11, 2023, five inmates convicted of drug-related crimes were executed in Arak Prison. Also, on the same day, the Central Prison of Karaj officials executed an inmate for “enmity against God (Moharebeh) through armed robbery.”

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, on January 11, 2023, five inmates were executed in Arak Prison. HRANA has identified one of them as Ali Geravand. All five people were previously sentenced to death for drug offences.

Also, an inmate identified by HRANA as Reza Haji was executed in the Central Prison of Karaj. According to an informed source close to his family, he was sentenced to death for armed robbery.

None of the official sources and media outlets inside the country has reported these executions at the time of writing.

In 2022, the Department of Statistics and Publication of Human Rights Activists in Iran registered 457 reports related to the death penalty. This included 92 death sentences, including the conviction of 6 people to public execution and 565 execution sentences were carried out, 2 of which have been carried out in public. Based on the announced identifications of some of the executed individuals, 501 were male and 11 were female. In addition, 5 juvenile offenders were executed in 2022, meaning they were under the age of 18 at the time they committed the crime.