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Baluch Rahim Ghanbarzehi and Afghan-National Mojtaba Khademinejad Executed for Drug Offences in Shiraz

30 Aug 22
Baluch Rahim Ghanbarzehi and Afghan-National Mojtaba Khademinejad Executed for Drug Offences in Shiraz

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); August 30, 2022: Rahim Ghanbarzehi, a Baluch man and Mojtaba Khademinejad, an Afghan national, both sentenced to death for drug-related offences, were executed in Shiraz Central Prison.

According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a Baluch man was executed in Shiraz Central Prison on August 28. His identity has been established as 40-year-old Rahim Ghanbarzehi (pictured), who was better known as Ghani Roudini. He was arrested for drug-related offences around five years ago.

According to Hal Vash, Rahim's family had been unable to afford a lawyer for him during his trial. Despite arriving for the last visit hours prior to his execution after a long journey, prison officials prevented them from saying goodbye to their son. 

Hal Vash an Afghan man was also executed at the prison on that date. His identity has been reported as 37-year-old Mojtaba Khademinejad who was also arrested for drug-related offences around five years ago.

At the time of writing, neither execution has been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.

According to reports compiled by Iran Human Rights, at least 126 people were executed on drug-related charges in 2021, a fivefold increase compared to drug executions in the previous three years. This trend has continued into 2022, with 91 executions recorded in the first six months of 2022, double the number for the same period in 2021 when 40 people were executed.

At least 251 including 6 women and 67 Baluch minorities were executed in the first six months of 2022. This is double the number of executions in the same period in 2021 when 117 people were executed.