Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); 24 August 2026: Mohsen Darabi, a Kurdish man, and Lotfollah Ahmadvand were executed for drug-related offences in Isfahan Central Prison. With the previously reported executions of Omidreza Ghanbarian, Amir Farhadi and Abdolbaset Barahouyi, five people were executed at the prison that day.
According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were hanged in Isfahan (Dastgerd) Central Prison on 19 August 2026. Their identities have been established as Mohsen Darabi (photo), a 40-year-old Kurdish man from Kermanshah and Lotfollah Ahmadvand, a 38-year-old man from Aligudarz.
Mohsen was arrested around five years ago and Lotfollah was arrested three years ago. They were sentenced to death on drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court.
IHRNGO previously reported the executions of Omidreza Ghanbarian, Amir Farhadi and Abdolbaset Barahouyi, bringing the total number of executions to five at the prison that day.
At the time of writing, their executions have not been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.
Drug-related executions have continuously risen every year since 2021. According to IHRNGO’s 2025 Annual Report on the Death Penalty, at least 795 people were executed for drug-related charges, of which only 0.18% were announced by official sources. 13% of all drug-related executions in 2025 were Baluch minorities while they represent 2-6% of Iran’s population.
In December 2025, IHRNGO published a report titled “A Village of Graves: Widespread and Systematic Drug Executions in Iran,” which provides an overview of drug laws and documents the systematic violation of due process and fair trial rights in drug cases.