At Least 10 Men At Risk of Execution in Ghezel Hesar Prison

According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, at least 10 men were transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for their executions on  7 November in Ghezel Hesar Prison, Karaj. The men are on death row for charges including murder, drug-related and moharebeh (enmity against god) through armed robbery.

They were transferred from Unit 3 of the prison and their executions are scheduled to be carried out within hours.

On 1 November, at least nine men were executed in Ghezel Hesar Prison. Six others were transferred for execution that day but later returned to their cells. Kurdish political prisoner, Ghasem Abasteh was also executed at the prison on 5 November.

In the first 10 months of 2023, IHRNGO recorded more than 600 executions, an unprecedented number in the last eight years. The majority of the executions were for drug-related charges which are also at their highest since 2015. On World Day Against the Death Penalty (10 October 2023), IHRNGO called on UN Member States to withdraw funding of UNODC projects on drug-trafficking in Iran, and to make all collaborations and funding contingent upon an immediate halt to all drug-related executions.