Iran executes man convicted on drug-related charges at Shiraz prison

Hengaw – Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Iranian authorities executed a 31-year-old man 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, Ehsan Riahi, a 31-year-old man from Neyriz in Fars province, was executed at dawn on July 15, 2026, at Shiraz Central Prison.

Sources familiar with the case said Riahi had been arrested about five years ago on charges related to the transportation and possession of narcotics. He was later sentenced to death by the Iranian judiciary.

Riahi was transferred from Ward 9 of Adelabad Prison to solitary confinement on July 14 ahead of his execution.

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