/ IHRightsMokhtar Abdollahnejad, a 39-year-old father from Yazd, was executed in Yazd Central Prison on 15 October 2026 after a death sentence on drug-related charges, Iran Human Rights reports. He had been arrested around three years earlier. IHRNGO reports that the execution took place https://t.co/iZvR3zfdG518 Oct
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