Iran executes Siamak Abbaszadeh convicted of drug-related charges at Qazvin prison

Hengaw – Saturday, July 11, 2026

Iranian authorities executed a 40-year-old man, Siamak Abbaszadeh, who had been convicted of drug-related charges, at Qazvin Central Prison, also known as Choubindar Prison.

According to information obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Abbaszadeh, a father of one from Qazvin, was executed at dawn on July 8, 2026.

Sources familiar with the case said Abbaszadeh had been arrested three years earlier on charges of transporting and possessing 35 kilograms of methamphetamine and heroin. He was later tried by the Revolutionary Court in Qazvin and sentenced to death.

Iranian state media and media outlets affiliated with the judiciary had not publicly announced the execution.