10 People Executed in Iran Within Two Days… Sociologist Warns: 7,000 People at Risk of Hanging
Hussain Hazbavi 
As human rights organizations report the execution of at least 10 prisoners by order of Iran’s judiciary, a sociologist has revealed that nearly “7,000 people” are currently on death row in Iran.
On Monday, March 3, two human rights organizations reported that the Iranian judiciary executed at least 10 people over the past two days in the cities of Khorramabad, Gorgan, and Zahedan.
According to Didar News, sociologist and university professor Ahmad Bokharaei stated during a seminar titled “Politics and the Tool of Execution in Iran” that there are currently “around 7,000 people” awaiting execution in Iranian prisons, including “54 political and security prisoners.”
The Iran Human Rights Organization, in a report released on Monday, March 3, stated that seven prisoners, including “two Afghan citizens and five Baloch citizens,” were executed in Zahedan Central Prison on charges related to drug offenses or premeditated murder.
The report identified those executed on Saturday, March 1, as:
• Murad Sabro (Padba)
• Basir Roudini
• Farhad Dahmardeh
• Mousa Bahnak
• Ghasem Ghanbar Dezaki
• Sa’dollah Zarei
• Asim Jarikar
Additionally, the Group of Human Rights Activists in Iran reported on Monday that a 29-year-old prisoner named “Iraj Memari,” from Kashmar, was executed on Sunday, March 2, in Khorramabad Prison on drug-related charges.
Furthermore, two other prisoners, identified as “Esmail Mozaffari” and “Yaghoub Mirza Jani,” were executed on Saturday, March 1, in Gorgan Prison on murder charges.
Executions in Iran are carried out under the legal principle of “Qisas” (retribution-in-kind), which does not categorize homicide into different degrees. This means “any form of murder, regardless of the accused’s motives or the circumstances of the crime, leads to a death sentence.”
The Iranian authorities typically carry out executions in secrecy and rarely publish official reports or statistics. However, independent human rights organizations consistently rank Iran as the world’s leading executor, making it one of the most egregious violators of the right to life.
The Iran Human Rights Organization also reported that at least 503 people were executed on drug-related charges in 2024 alone.
In 2023, the number of executions related to drug offenses reached 471 people, marking a nearly 20-fold increase compared to 2020, according to the rights group.
