HRANA News Agency – At dawn on Sunday, June 1, the death sentence of a prisoner previously convicted on drug-related charges was carried out in Qom Prison.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists in Iran, the executed individual has been identified as Shahriar Khalafi.

Based on information received by HRANA, Khalafi was arrested on drug-related charges and later sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court.

As of the time of this report, prison authorities and official bodies have not publicly announced the execution.

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.