The Islamic Republic’s authorities have executed at least six more prisoners, including a woman, in Karaj, Khorramabad, and Jiroft.
The death sentences of three prisoners were carried out in the central prison of Karaj.
The HRANA human rights organization identified the prisoners as Ashkan Moradi, Jalal Haj Babaei, and Davood Heydari.
It reported that they had previously been arrested on drug-related charges and sentenced to death by judicial authorities.
The prisoners had been transferred to solitary confinement in the central prison of Karaj on Saturday in preparation for their executions.
On Sunday morning, the death sentence of a female prisoner was carried out in Parsilon prison in Khorramabad.
The identity of this prisoner was confirmed as Fariba Maleki, who had been arrested on charges of alleged murder.
Meanwhile, the death sentences of two men were carried out on Saturday morning in Jiroft prison.
The prisoners, identified as Nader Ghani Zadeh and 62-year-old Naser Salmani, were sentenced to death in separate cases for alleged murder and drug-related offenses.
At least 166 people were executed in October, according to the Norway-based Iran Human Rights Organization.
This marked the highest number of executions in a single month since the organization began documenting them 17 years ago.
According to Amnesty International’s report, Iran has reached its highest level of executions in the past eight years, with the judiciary of the Islamic Republic executing 853 people in 2023 alone.
The report indicates that 481 executions – more than half of the total – were related to drug crimes.
This represents an 89 percent increase in death penalties for drug-related offenses compared to 2022, when 255 people were executed.
Source » iranwire