Ali Jalilvand and Akbar Ahmadi Executed for Drug Charges in Hamedan

According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were executed in Hamedan Central Prison on January 17. Their identities have been established as Ali Jalilvand and Akbar Ahmadi who were sentenced to death for drug-related charges in the same case.

An informed source told Iran Human Rights: “Ali and Akbar were arrested around five years ago and sentenced to death. Ali was married with two young children."

HRANA news agency which first reported the executions quoted an informed source as saying: “Akbar Ahmadi suffered a heart attack while he was being hanged.”

It also reported that at least another prisoner is awaiting execution in solitary confinement.

At the time of writing, neither of their executions have been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.