Islamic Republic of Iran Executes Three Afghan Prisoners In Bandar Abbas

The Iranian Human Rights Organisation reported that the Islamic Republic executed five prisoners, including three Afghans, in the central prison of Bandar Abbas.

The organisation said that the Islamic Republic's judiciary had previously sentenced the prisoners to death on drug-related charges.

The Iranian Human Rights Organisation wrote in a statement that authorities at Bandar Abbas Central Prison carried out the death sentences of these prisoners on Wednesday morning, January 1. The organisation identified one of the executed prisoners as Ramzi Yigsavar, 25, from the Baburiyan tribe of Afghanistan.

The Iranian Human Rights Organisation has identified the two executed Iranian prisoners as Hedayat Ghasemi and Shahrokh Sabahpour. The organisation said that the identities of the other two Afghan prisoners who were executed are still unknown.

Earlier, the Iranian Human Rights Organisation announced on Monday, the execution of an Afghan prisoner named Jalal Stanikzai in Aligudarz prison in Lorestan. The organisation wrote that Jalal Stanikzai had been arrested four years ago on charges of premeditated murder and sentenced to death.

The Islamic Republic has continued to carry out this sentence, despite opposition from international organisations to the execution of the defendants.

According to the Human Rights Organisation Hengaw, the Islamic Republic of Iran executed at least 74 Afghan prisoners in 2024.