Iran secretly executes two men convicted on drug-related charges at Shiraz prison

Hengaw – Monday, July 13, 2026

Iranian authorities have secretly executed Jabbar Khadem and Hosseinali Zamani, 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, Hosseinali Zamani and Jabbar Khadem were executed at dawn on July 7, 2026, at Shiraz Central Prison. Both men had previously been transferred from Pirbanoo Prison to Adelabad Prison ahead of their executions.

Sources familiar with the case said prison officials carried out the executions without prior notice to the men’s families, depriving them of the opportunity for a final visit.

Khadem, from Kazerun in Fars province, had been arrested two years earlier on drug-related charges and was later sentenced to death by a Revolutionary Court.

Zamani, a 56-year-old father of three from Kashmar in Razavi Khorasan province, had been arrested about four years earlier on drug-related charges and was subsequently sentenced to death.

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