Two Prisoners with Drug Charges in Imminent Danger of Execution

Iran Human Rights (December 7 2016): Two prisoners in Karaj's Ghezel Hesar Prison (Alborz province, northern Iran), who are on death row on drug related charges, were reportedly transferred to Varamin's Khorin Prison (Tehran province, central Iran) on Sunday December 4 in preparation for their executions.

According to close sources, the prisoners, who have been identified as Esfandiar Geravand and Iman Dorimami, were setenced to death by the revolutionary court in Varamin, but because they were condemed to prison exile, they were taken to Ghezel Hesar Prison. 

Mr. Geravand and Mr. Dorimami are in imminent danger of execution at a time when a bill proposing to abolish the death penalty for drug related offenses may be passed by the Iranian Parliament.