Ali Farhadi Hanged for Drug Offences in Tabriz

According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was hanged in Tabriz Central Prison on 18 October 2026. His identity has been established as Ali Farhadi, a father from Tabriz. He was sentenced to death on drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court.

An informed source told IHRNGO: “Ali had worked as a hairdresser for 14 years. They were tenants and his family struggled with severe poverty. Around one year and three months ago, he was arrested and convicted on charges of selling eight kilograms of heroin."

At the time of writing, his execution has 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. In the first nine months of 2026, at least 211 people were executed for drug-related charges.