Baluch Nasser Dehmordeh Executed for Drug Charges in BIrjand

According to Hal Vash, a Baluch man was executed in Birjand Central Prison on November 16. His identity has been reported as Nasser Dehmordeh, a Zabol native who did not have a birth certificate.

Following his arrest, Nasser was held in pre-trial detention for two years before being sentenced to death for drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court.

At the time of writing, his execution has not been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.

As of 10 October 2022, at least 428 people including two juvenile offenders and 12 women were executed by the Islamic Republic, an 89% increase compared to the same period last year. At least 180 people including a woman have been executed for drug-related offences since the beginning of the year. This is while 83 people were executed for the charges in the same period in 2021 and 18 in 2020.