4th Group Execution Scheduled in Ghezelhesar Prison in November

According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, at least five men were transferred from Units 2 and 3 to solitary confinement in preparations for their executions in Ghezelhesar Prison in Karaj.

The unidentified men are mostly on death row for murder and drug-related charges. Their execution is scheduled to take place tomorrow, 20 November.

On 1st November, IHRNGO reported a group execution of nine men at Ghezelhesar Prison. A week later, another group execution of eight men took place at the prison on 8 November. The next week, another group execution of nine men including an Afghan national took place at the prison on 15 November. This group's scheduled execution will be the fourth group execution at the prison in 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.