On Monday morning November 6th, four prisoners sentenced to death on drug-related charges were reportedly transferred from various wards to solitary confinement at Orumiyeh Central prison in preparation for execution.

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has identified these four detainees as Hassan Bashooki, Asqar Ranjbar, Hedayat Shirzad and Ali Zarei.

Hedayat Shirzad has been transferred from the psychotherapy ward 2 while all the other three prisoners were serving their sentence in ward 15 before their transfer to solitary confinement. The authorities of Orumiyeh Central Prison have told the family of the prisoners that the death penalty for all four prisoners will be enforced tomorrow morning.