90 People on Death Row in Zanjan Central Prison

According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, there are currently 90 prisoners with confirmed death sentences in Zanjan Central Prison. They are on death row for drug-related, murder, moharebeh (enmity against god) through armed robbery and rape charges.

An informed source told Iran Human Rights: “The majority of the 90 prisoners have been sentenced to death for drug-related charges and four of them have rape charges.”

Zanjan Central Prison is situated in the north west of Zanjan city in Zanjan province and currently houses around 2500 prisoners.

Of the 582 executions recorded by IHRNGO in 2022, 12 (2%) were carried out in Zanjan Central Prison.

To mark the anniversary of the 1979 revolution, the death penalties of 15 drug death row prisoners were commuted to 13-25 years imprisonment.