Shamsedin Ghaljayi Executed on Drug Charges in Kerman

According to the Baluch Activists Campaign, a Baluch man was executed in Kerman Central Prison on the morning of November 18. His identity has been reported as Shamsedin Ghaljayi from Zahedan who was arrested and sentenced to death for drug-related offences.

At the time of writing, his execution has not been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.

According to Iran Human Rights’ Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran, at least 25 people were executed on drug-related charges in 2020. However, at least 102 people have so far been executed on the same charge in 2021.

On May 3, IHR published a report on the death penalty in the first four months of 2021 expressing concern at the significant increase in the number of drug-related executions and continues to warn of the continuation of this trend.