HRANA – Yesterday, Sunday, September 21, the death sentence of a prisoner previously convicted on charges related to drug offenses was carried out in Gachsaran Prison.
HRANA has identified the prisoner executed at dawn yesterday, as Hossein Mousavi, 31 years old, a resident of Abadan, and father of two young daughters. Mr. Mousavi was arrested in Gachsaran in 2018 on drug-related charges and later sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court.
As of the time of this report, the execution of this prisoner has not been announced by prison authorities or official state institutions.
According to HRANA’s report, in 2024, over 52 percent of executed prisoners had been convicted on drug-related charges. Over the past ten years, individuals convicted of drug trafficking have accounted for 40 percent of all executions. Unfortunately, HRANA’s statistics show no progress in reducing executions for drug-related offenses.



