Prisoner Executed on Drug Related Charges

According to close sources, the prisoner has been identified as 39-year-old Fardin Soleimanpanah. Iranian authorities reportedly arrested Mr Soleimanpanah on May 5, 2015 for allegedly trafficking and possessing 600 grams of crystal meth and 150 grams of crack. He was sentenced to death by branch 1 of Miandoab's Revolutionary Court and the sentence was confirmed on August 2, 2016. Close sources say that Mr Soleimanpanah and another prisoner were transferred from their prison cells to solitary confinement on Monday in preparation for their executions. The other prisoner's death sentence was postponed for unknown reasons. Iranian official sources, including the Judiciary and the media, have not announced Mr Soliemanpanah's execution.