Eleven prisoners have been executed within the central jail of Karaj, with 5 convicted of drug-related crimes, whereas investigations into the identities and costs of the others are ongoing.
Norway-based Iran Human Rights Organization reported one other execution in Khorramabad on Saturday. The executed prisoner, Reza Heidari, confronted costs associated to drug offenses and had been in detention for 4 years earlier than being sentenced to dying.
The Iran Human Rights Organization highlighted a big enhance within the execution of prisoners charged with drug-related offenses over the previous three years. There has been a staggering 126% enhance within the present yr, with a complete of 206 executions recorded below the fees.
According to HRANA’s annual statistics, 2023 witnessed the execution of at the least 791 residents, together with 25 girls and a couple of youngster offenders. This represents an alarming enhance of over 33% in comparison with the identical interval within the earlier yr, elevating issues concerning the human rights scenario within the nation.