HRANA – At dawn yesterday, Wednesday, October 1, four prisoners previously sentenced to death on drug-related charges were executed in Ghezel Hesar Prison, Karaj.

HRANA has confirmed the identities of three of the prisoners as Ali Geravand, Javad Sargazi, and Hamid-Reza Maleki.

Based on information obtained by HRANA, these prisoners had previously been arrested on drug-related charges and subsequently sentenced to death by Revolutionary Courts.

At the time of this report, the executions have not been announced by prison authorities or other responsible institutions.

According to HRANA’s statistics, Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj carried out the highest number of executions among all Iranian prisons, with 150 inmates hanged. This figure has nearly doubled compared to the previous year — a deeply alarming increase that underscores the escalating use of capital punishment in Iran.