At dawn on Thursday, July 25th, two prisoners, convicted of drug-related charges in a joint case, were executed in Choobindar Prison in Qazvin.

The identities of these prisoners have been reported by Iran Human Rights Organization as “Hamed Naderi, 32 years old, and Ali Moharram Khani, 37 years old, a father of two, residents of Abhar.”

According to a source, Naderi and Moharram Khani were both arrested about two years ago in a joint case on drug-related charges and were subsequently sentenced to death by the judiciary.

No official sources or domestic media outlets within the country have provided coverage of these executions at the time of writing.

The reports from the Department of Statistics and Publication of Human Rights Activists for the year 2023 reveal a concerning prevalence of executions for drug offenses in Iran, constituting 56.4% of the total executions. For a comprehensive examination of the details and statistics surrounding the executions in Iran, refer to HRANA’s report.