Afghan Nationals Mobarak Mohammadi and Ghasem Mola-Amini Hanged for Drug Offences in Isfahan

According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were hanged in Isfahan (Dastgerd) Central Prison on 21 October 2026. Their identities have been established as Mobarak Mohammadi, a 43-year-old father of four and Ghasem Mola-Amini, a 49-year-old father of three. They were relatives from Sheberghan in Afghanistan who resided in Mashhad. They were arrested on the way to Isfahan around two years ago and 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 the first ten months of 2026, at least 244 people were executed for drug-related charges.

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.