Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iran executes prisoner for drug-related offences in Bandar Abbas

Iranian authorities have executed prisoner Yousef Esmaeili at Bandar Abbas Central Prison on drug-related charges. He was transferred to solitary confinement on 20 May in preparation for the execution, which took place in the early hours of the following day. Esmaeili, a 38-year-old father of two from Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province, was arrested about three years ago and subsequently convicted of drug trafficking offences.

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