HRANA News Agency – At dawn on Tuesday, May 27, a prisoner previously sentenced to death on drug-related charges was executed in Qazvin Prison.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists in Iran, the identity of the executed prisoner has been confirmed as Khodayar Keyfari, a resident of Sahneh County.
Keyfari had been arrested on drug-related charges and later sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court.
As of the time of this report, prison authorities and official agencies have not publicly announced the execution.
In 2024, Iranian prisons witnessed the execution of 930 inmates. According to HRANA’s data, the number of executions carried out by the Iranian regime’s judiciary has risen steadily over the past five years. The percentage of executions related to drug charges has also increased year after year.