IRAN: FOUR PRISONERS EXECUTED ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES

January 3, 2017: Four prisoners were reportedly executed at Karaj Central Prison on drug related charges. Close sources report the names of the prisoners as: Hadi Moghaddam, Ali Nouri, Alireza Haj Firouzabadi, Ali Nouri.
Iranian official sources, including the Judiciary and the media, have been silent about these four executions.
Iranian authorities continue to implement death sentences for drug related offenses at a high rate even when an urgent plan was approved in the Iranian Parliament last week calling for a halt to the execution of prisoners on death row for drug related offenses.
Additionally, Iranian Parliament members recently sent a joint letter to the head of Iran's Judiciary asking for the imminent execution of approximately five thousand drug-related prisoners to be stopped pending further review of their cases. (Sources: Iran Human Rights, 04/01/2017)