3 Men Executed for Drug Charges in Karaj

According to HRANA news agency, three men were executed in Karaj Penitentiary on 30 May. One of the men’s identities has been reported as Ezatali Sabzi. They were all sentenced to death for drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court.

At the time of writing, their executions have not been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.

According to the 2022 Annual Report on the Death Penalty, at least 256 people were executed for drug-related offences in 2022, a more than two-fold increase compared to 2021 (126) and ten times more than 2020 (25).