A 36-year-old husband and father of two small children was executed by Iranian authorities on drug related charges.
Iran Human Rights (NOV 30 2016): A prisoner with drug related charges was reportedly hanged in Adelabad, Shiraz's central prison (Fars province, southern Iran), on Tuesday November 22. Close sources have identified the prisoner as 36-year-old Mehdi Shamsinejad, a husband and father to two small children.
In 2014, Iranian authorities arrested Mr. Shamsinejad for allegedly trafficking 600 grams of the narcotics crystal meth and crack. He was sentenced to death in 2015 by branch 3 of the revolutionary court in Shiraz, presided by Judge Hashemi.
Iranian authorities, including the Judiciary and the media, have been silent about Mr. Shamsinejad's execution.