Four Men Executed for Drug Charges in Khorramabad

According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, four men were executed in Khorramabad Central Prison on March 6. Their identities have been established as 31-year-old Ayat Aliari, 36-year-old Sohrab Sourilaki and a man only identified as Mr Akram. The identity of the fourth man has not been established at the time of writing. They were all sentenced to death for drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court.

The four men were transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for the gallows two days prior to execution.

At the time of writing, none of their executions have 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.

8 March update: the fourth man has been identified as Hassan Joudaki: