the second country with the highest number of reported executions, behind China.29 30 31 32 According to reports by Iran Human Rights, at least 30 people were executed on drug-related charges in 2019 and 25 in 2020.33 On May 3, Iran Human Rights reported that during the first four months of 2021, 22 out of 82 executions were carried out as a result of drug-related charges - a 300% increase compared to the first trimesters of the two previous years.34 The Islamic Republic of Iran did not introduce a moratorium on the death penalty and continues to carry out executions.35 36 A significant number of individuals are reportedly currently on death row in the Islamic Republic of Iran37 with seemingly no prospect of commutation. The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran did not abolish the death penalty in all cases and, pending that measure, did not introduce a moratorium. Recommendation Status: This recommendation has NOT been implemented. 29 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/04/death-penalty-in-2019-facts-and-figures/ See more: ECPM, Iran Human Rights https://iranhr.net/media/files/Rapport_iran_2019-GB-BD.pdf 31 See more: Abdorrahman Boroumand Center https://www.iranrights.org/projects/omidmap 32 See more: Human Rights Activists in Iran https://www.en-hrana.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Annual-Report-ofExecutions-2019.pdf 33 https://iranhr.net/media/files/Rapport_iran_2021-gb-290321-BD.pdf 34 https://iranhr.net/en/articles/4721 35 United For Iran, https://ipa.united4iran.org/en/prisoner/5328/ 36 Center for Human Rights in Iran, https://iranhumanrights.org/2020/12/three-baluch-prisoners-executed-three-others-inimminent-danger-of-execution/ 37 Radio Farda, https://en.radiofarda.com/a/more-than-thirty-people-are-on-death-row-in-iran-says-afkari-s-lawyer/30840157.html 30 5