Two men convicted on drug-related charges executed at Shiraz prison

Hengaw – Sunday, July 12, 2026

Iranian authorities executed Hossein Rahimkhanli and Murad Iranmanesh convicted on drug-related charges at Shiraz Central Prison, also known as Adelabad Prison.

According to information obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Hossein Rahimkhanli, from Jahrom, and Murad Iranmanesh, from Shiraz, were executed at dawn on July 12, 2026, at Shiraz Central Prison.

Sources familiar with the case said the two men had been arrested in separate cases on drug-related charges and were later sentenced to death by the Iranian judiciary.

Iranian state media and judicial authorities had not publicly announced the executions.