Kiumars Sadeghpour and 2 Unidentified Men Secretly Executed for Drug Charges

According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, three men were executed in Kermanshah Central Prison on February 28. The identity of one of the men has been established as Kiumars Sadeghpour. They were sentenced to death for drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court.

The identities of the other two men have not been established at the time of writing. According to Hengaw which first reported news of their executions, the men’s executions were carried out without their lawyers or families being notified.

At the time of writing, their executions have not been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.

On January 27, Iran Human Rights warned of the high number of drug executions currently being carried out in Iran. Of the 66 executions carried out in January, at least 43 (65%) people were executed for drug-related charges, none of which were officially announced.

Drug executions dramatically dropped between 2018-2020 following the Amendment to the Anti-Drug Laws in 2017. However, this reversed in practice in 2021 when numbers increased by five-fold and have continued to rise throughout 2022 and 2023.