Three Men Executed in Shiraz

Shiraz Central Prison on November 12. Two of the men have been identified as Vahid Pakzad and Keyvan Tajadod. Vahid was sentenced to death for drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court and Keyvan was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder.

The identity of the third prisoner who was transferred to the gallows from Ward 4 of the prison has not been established at the time of writing but he was sentenced to death for drug-related charges.

An informed source told Iran Human Rights: “Vahid Pakzad was arrested three years ago and sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court.”

At the time of writing, none of their executions have been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.

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.