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Iranwire – The Islamic Republic’s judiciary has executed a 60-year-old man for alleged drug-related offenses.
The execution of Hamidreza Hasanzehi Sani was carried out in Bandar Abbas Central Prison on Tuesday.
Hasanzehi Sani, a father of eight, was arrested three years ago in southern Hormozgan province and was later sentenced to death by a Revolutionary Court in Bandar Abbas, according to the Hengaw human rights organization.
Hasanzehi Sani was transferred to solitary confinement on Sunday, and his family had their final visit with him on Monday.
According to a report by Amnesty International, Iran has reached its highest level of death sentence executions in the last 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 marks an 89 percent rise in death penalties for drug-related offenses compared to 2022, when 255 people were executed.
The latest numbers also show a staggering 264 percent increase compared to 2021, when 132 individuals faced execution on similar charges.
