Omidreza Ghanbarian, Amir Farhadi and Abdolbaset Barahouyi Hanged for Drug Offences

According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, at least three men were hanged in Isfahan (Dastgerd) Central Prison on 15 August 2026. Their identities have been established as Omidreza Ghanbarian, a 40-year-old father of one from Tabriz, Amir Farhadi from Isfahan and Abdolbaset Barahouyi (photo), a 30-year-old Baluch man from Zahedan.

Omidreza was arrested five years ago, Amir was arrested three years ago and Abdolbaset was arrested eight years ago. They were all sentenced to death on drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court.

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 2025 Annual Report on the Death Penalty, at least 795 people were executed for drug-related charges, of which only 0.18% were announced by official sources. 13% of all drug-related executions in 2025 were Baluch minorities while they represent 2-6% of Iran’s population.

In December 2025, IHRNGO published a report titled “A Village of Graves: Widespread and Systematic Drug Executions in Iran,” which provides an overview of drug laws and documents the systematic violation of due process and fair trial rights in drug cases.