Mohammad Khosravi Executed for Drug Offences in Qom

According to newly obtained information by Iran Human Rights, another man was executed in Qom Central Prison on September 1. His identity has been established as 30-year-old Mohammad Khosravi who was sentenced to death for drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court.

An informed source told Iran Human Rights: “Mohammad Khosravi was arrested for charges of carrying drugs around three years ago. He was arrested with two others but he was the only one to receive the death penalty. His co-defendants were sentenced to 10 and 14 years.”

Iran Human Rights previously reported the execution of Hamid Ghareh Lar at the prison on that day.

At the time of writing, neither execution has been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.

According to reports compiled by Iran Human Rights, at least 126 people were executed on drug-related charges in 2021, a fivefold increase compared to drug executions in the previous three years. This trend has continued into 2022, with 91 executions recorded in the first six months of 2022, double the number for the same period in 2021 when 40 people were executed.

At least 251 including 6 women and 67 Baluch minorities were executed in the first six months of 2022. This is double the number of executions in the same period in 2021 when 117 people were executed.