On Sunday and today, two prisoners were hanged in Kashmar and Gonabad prisons on drug-related charges.

According to Haal Vsh, on Sunday, September 14, Reza Sarani, 51, a father of two from Zabol, was executed in Kashmar Prison.

The outlet also reported the execution of another prisoner, Parviz Yousef-Zahi, 27, single, originally from Zahedan and a resident of Sari, who was executed in Gonabad Prison.

Both prisoners had been arrested five years ago in separate cases on drug-related charges and sentenced to death by the judiciary.

As of this report’s publication, the executions have not been officially announced by prison authorities or 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.