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Iranwire – The Islamic Republic authorities executed at least 14 people at the weekend, activist groups say, raising fresh concerns about the increasing use of capital punishment in the country.
Thirteen people were executed on January 14 in Karaj Central Prison, near Tehran, according to the US-based human rights network HRANA.
It said five of those executed, identified as Akbar Taj, Hojjat Miri, Hamid Nazari, Ahmad Latifi and Mohammad Ali, had been sentenced to death on drug-related charges.
The group didn’t provide information about the other convicts.
Meanwhile, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) group said Reza Heydari, an inmate in Khorram Abad Central Prison, in Iran’s west, was also executed for drug-related offenses on January 13.
At least 791 individuals were executed across Iran in 2023, marking a 33 percent increase from the previous year, according to IHRNGO’s count.
Those executed included 25 women and two juvenile offenders.
