Davoud Bahrami Executed for Drug Charges in Hamedan

According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Hamedan Central Prison on November 14. His identity has been established as Davoud Bahrami, a Hamedan native who was sentenced to death for drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court.

An informed source told Iran Human Rights: “Davoud Bahrami was arrested for carrying drugs in Hamedan around three years ago and sentenced to death. They transferred him to solitary confinement on Friday afternoon and he had a last visit with his family."

Two other prisoners were transferred to solitary confinement along with Davoud that day but they were returned to their cells after obtaining extensions in their murder cases.

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

As of 10 October 2022, at least 428 people including two juvenile offenders and 12 women were executed by the Islamic Republic, an 89% increase compared to the same period last year. At least 180 people including a woman have been executed for drug-related offences since the beginning of the year. This is while 83 people were executed for the charges in the same period in 2021 and 18 in 2020.