30 May 2026 :

May 5, 2026 - IRAN. Mohammad Rashkan Chakerzehi executed in Birjand on May 5

Iranian authorities secretly executed Mohammad Rashkan Chakerzehi, a 55-year-old Baloch man from Sarakhs.

According to information Hengaw received on May 30, the execution was carried out in the early hours of May 5, 2026, at Birjand Central Prison. Chakerzehi was a resident of Mashhad.

According to the Baloch news outlet Haalvsh, Chakerzehi was arrested in Birjand approximately two and a half years ago on drug-related charges. He was married and the father of one child.

Informed sources told Hengaw that the execution was carried out without prior notice to his family or lawyer, thus without a final visit with his family.

The execution has not been announced by Iranian state media.

https://hengaw.net/en/news/2026/05/article-171