IRAN - 6 men executed in Zahedan Prison on January 20

IRAN - Zahedan Central Prison

23 January 2022 :

6 men executed in Zahedan Prison on January 20.
Six men were executed in Zahedan Central Prison on the same day. One of the men was an Afghan national named Khodanazar Kakar and had been sentenced to death for drug-related offences.
The other five who were all Baluch, have been identified as:
Hosseinali Khomr, Abdolhamid Esmailzehi, Dadshah Sarani, Ataollah Barahouyi and Mehrollah Dehmardeh, known as Mehrab Shahouzi.
Hosseinali Khomr, Ataollah Barahouyi and Mehrollah Dehmardeh were sentenced to death on drug-related charges. Abdolhamid Esmailzehi was sentenced to death on charges of “moharebeh (enmity against god) through armed conflict with military forces” and Dadshah Sarani was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder.
At the time of writing, none of their executions have been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.

NtC had already published a news, originating from the site Javanehha.com, which reported the execution of a Baluch man named Dadshah Sarani, convicted of murder, execution that would have taken place on January 20 in the prison of Zabol. In the next days we will try to investigate this case of homonymy.

Iran Human Rights | Article: 8 Baluch Men and an Afghan National Executed in One Day | (iranhr.net)

 

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