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Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Hossein Moharar was executed for drug-related charges in Urmia Central Prison.
According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Urmia Central Prison on 7 May. His identity has been established as 30-year-old Hassan Moharar who was sentenced to death for drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court.
An informed source told IHRNGO: “Hassan Moharar was arrested for drug charges around five years ago.”
Two other drug defendants were transferred for execution with Hassan Moharar but there is no information about their fate at the time of writing.
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 2023 Annual Report on the Death Penalty, at least 471 people were executed for drug-related charges, an 84% increase compared to 2022 (256) and about 18 times the average of drug-related executions in 2018-2020.
On 10 April 2024, 80+ Iranian and international organisations and groups called for joint action to stop drug-related executions, urging UNODC to make “any cooperation with the Islamic Republic contingent on a complete halt on drug-related executions.”
