Fariborz Dadgar Hanged 16 Years After Father’s Execution

According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Ahvaz Sepidar Prison on 18 April. His identity has been established as 36-year-old Fariborz Dadgar from Mahshahr who was sentenced to death for drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court.

An informed source told Iran Human Rights: “Fariborz Dadgar was arrested for carrying 1.8 kilograms of methamphetamine (shisheh). He was a tiler prior to arrest and had one child. Fariborz’s father was executed for drug charges at the prison in 2008.”

At the time of writing, his execution has not been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.

Ehsan Dehghanipour who was executed in Khorramabad on 29 August 2023, was also the second generation to be executed for drug-related charges. His father was executed for the charges ten years prior to his son.

Drug-related executions have continuously risen every year since 2021. According to IHRNGO’s 2023 Annual Report on the Death Penalty, at least 471 people were executed for drug-related charges, an 84% increase compared to 2022 (256) and about 18 times the average of drug-related executions in 2018-2020.

On 10 April 2024, 80+ Iranian and international organisations and groups called for joint action to stop drug-related executions, urging UNODC to make “any cooperation with the Islamic Republic contingent on a complete halt on drug-related executions.