Three Prisoners hanged in Shiraz and Kashan

Hengaw: Thursday, November 14, 2024 

On the previous day, three prisoners named Fathollah Rashidi, Mehdi Sharif, and Hossein Faramarzi, were executed in Adelabad Prison in Shiraz and the central prison of Kashan. They had previously been sentenced to death on drug-related charges 

According to reports received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, the executions took place early Wednesday morning, November 13, 2024. Two prisoners from Kashan, 40-year-old Hossein Faramarzi and Mehdi Sharif, were executed in the Kashan Central Prison, located in Isfahan Province. 

Simultaneously, Iran Human Rights Organization reports confirmed that another prisoner, Fathollah Rashidi, who had been transferred from Pirbano Prison to Adelabad Prison in Shiraz, was hanged there. 

These three prisoners had been sentenced to death on drug-related charges in separate cases by the judiciary of Islamic Republic of Iran. 

As of this report, news of these executions has not been announced by state media or judiciary-affiliated outlets.