Two Prisoners Executed in Kashmar and Gonabad Prisons

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.

The List of 120 Death Row Prisoners in Central Prison of Zahedan

HRANA News Agency – The identities of 121 death row prisoners in Zahedan Central Prison who are being mostly held in Ward One and Ward Three of this prison, have been verified by HRANA. This list is based on the charges of convicts including political-security, drug offenses and crimes such as murder and rape, despite the fact that the law on combating drug offenses has been reformed, leading to a change in the majority of executions of convicted prisoners, there is still no change in the legal status of some of drug offenders who had been sentenced to death.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), 11 prisoners of Ward One of Zahedan Central Prison are on death row, and despite the adoption of a new anti-narcotics law, which revises nearly 15,000 cases of prisoners, these 11 prisoners remain sentenced to death without changing their legal status. Continue reading “The List of 120 Death Row Prisoners in Central Prison of Zahedan”