Feizollah Karami and Sohrab Heydari Hanged in Qom; Nasir Abbasi to be Hanged Next Week

According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were hanged in Qom Central Prison on 15 April 2025. Their identities have been established as Feizollah Karami (photo) from Varamin and Sohrab Heydari from Shahr-e-Ray. They were sentenced to death on drug-related charges.

An informed source told IHRNGO: “Feizollah Karami was arrested on the Ray to Qom road around three years ago. He has a co-defendant named Nasir Abbasi who is scheduled to be executed next week. Sohrab was arrested three years ago.”

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

Drug-related executions have continuously risen every year since 2021. According to IHRNGO’s 2024 Annual Report on the Death Penalty, at least 503 people were executed for drug-related charges, of which only under 3% were announced by official sources. 17% of all drug-related executions in 2024 were Baluch minorities while they represent 2-6% of Iran’s population.