According to attorney Mohammad Mostafaie one of his client incarcerated in Ghezel Hesar Prison, told him that 26 death row inmates, convicted of drug trafficking, have been placed in quarantine ahead of their imminent execution.

According to RAHANA, Mohammad Jafari, Mohammad Azarfam, Bagher Amini, Soltan Abadi, Mohammad Moradi and Nader Azarnoush are among the inmates who are scheduled to be executed.

According to Mosatafaie, most of the accused had asked to be pardoned, but their requests were turned down by the Parole Board, adding that some were given death sentence even though they had no history of past convictions.

Most of the death sentence verdicts were issued by judge Hosseini, who is the presiding judge of the 1st branch of the Revolutionary Court.

Mostafaie believes that the Parole Board could have easily spared their lives.

Since the beginning of Khordad (Persian calendar month May 21- June 20), at least 15 executions have been carried out across Iran, amid condemnations by international and Iranian human rights groups.

Iran has the highest number of executions after China.