Executions

Execution of at least 21 Baloch citizens within five days in the prisons of the Islamic Republic of Iran

07:05 - 5/5/2023

Execution of at least 21 Baloch citizens within five days in the prisons of the Islamic Republic of Iran

According to Hana's report, quoted by Balochistan Hale Vesh news agency, from April 29, 2023, to May 4, 2023, at least 21 Baloch citizens, sixteen of them on charges related to "narcotics" and five others on charges of "murder" Among them were two female citizens, who were sentenced to death by the judiciary of the Islamic Republic.

The identity, date and place of execution of the prisoners are as follows;

1_ Madina Sabzevan, 39 years old, son of Gholam, accused of "narcotics" in Birjand prison, April 30, 2023

2- A woman with (unknown identity) and accused of "murder" in Zahedan prison, April 30, 2023

3- Musa Gergij, 55, son of Hossein, accused of "narcotics" in Bandar Abbas prison, May 2, 2023

4- Ehsan Gergij, 30 years old, son of Seyed Khan, accused of "narcotics" in Bandar Abbas prison, May 2, 2023

5- Mohammad Shibak, 33 years old, accused of "drugs" in Birjand prison, April 30, 2023

6- Abdullah Zarouzhi, 47 years old, son of Rovan Khan, accused of "drugs" in Birjand prison, April 30, 2023

7- Eid Mohammad Shadman accused of "murder" in Iranshahr prison, April 29, 2023

8- Mahmoud Rahmani, the son of Raeis accused of "murder" in Iranshahr prison, April 29, 2023

9- Aminullah Karimi Qoljaei, 40 years old, son of Nik Mohammad, accused of "narcotics" in Vakil Abad Prison, Mashhad, May 1, 2023

10- Nematullah Rigi Ladiz, 48, son of Hanif, accused of "narcotics" in Zahedan prison,April 29, 2023
11- Gol Mohammad Naroi, 31 years old, son of Mohammad, accused of "murder" in Zahedan prison, April 30, 2023

12- Abdol Sattar Shahouzahi, Akbar's son, accused of "murder" in Zahedan prison, April 29, 2023

13- Sabour Shah Bakhsh, 32 years old, son of Mihrab accused of "drugs" in Yazd prison, May 3, 2023

14- Lal Mohammad Naroi Brahui, 43 years old, son of Mohammad, accused of "narcotics" in Minab prison, May 3, 2023

15_Abd al-Basir Bejam "Totazahi", 29 years old, in Yazd prison, accused of "narcotics", May 4, 2023

16- Amir Ramshek, 34 years old, son of Reza, accused of "narcotics" in Yazd prison on May 4, 2023
17- Hossein Rigi, 38 years old, son of Hassan, Vakil Abad prison, Mashhad, "narcotics charges", May 1, 2023

18- Jaber Aminifar, 30 years old, son of Khan Ali, in Birjand prison, accused of "narcotics" on April 29, 2023

19- 40-year-old Nur Ahmad Nahtani, son of Yusuf, was arrested in December 2019 and charged with narcotics, and was executed on May 4, 2023

20- Idris Gergij, son of Qasim, born in 1371, had five children, was arrested and executed on May 4, 2023

21- Habibullah Faqirdadzehi "Sakhi", 43 years old, son of Moladad, married with four children, from Zahedan.April 29, 2023

It should be noted that at the same time as nationwide protests in the country, the execution of Baloch citizens has increased significantly, so that from August 20, 2022 to May 4, 2023, at least 125 Baloch citizens have been executed in various prisons of the country. It has happened that the activists consider this large amount of execution of citizens as a kind of revenge and retaliation by the government against the oppressed Baloch minority.