Three Baluch Including a Woman Executed in Zahedan and Iranshahr

According to Hal Vash, a Baluch man was executed in Iranshahr Prison on 29 April. His identity has been reported as 42-year-old Eid Mohammad Shadman (Bameri) who was sentenced to death for murder.

On April 30, another Baluch man a woman were also executed in Zahedan Central Prison. Both sentenced to death for murder, the man’s identity has been reported as 31-year-old Golmohammad Narouyi (pictured), known as Eidouk from Zahedan.

The woman’s identity has not been reported at the time of writing.

Three other Baluch men’s executions were reported in Zahedan and Iranshahr Prisons on 29 April, raising the number of executions at those prisons to four.

At the time of writing, none of the executions have been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.

Ethnic minorities, the Baluch in particular, are grossly overrepresented in execution numbers in Iran. In 2022, at least 174 Baluch minorities including 3 women, were executed in 22 prisons across Iran, making up 30% of overall executions. This is while they represent just 2-6% of Iran’s population.

Baluch minorities also represented almost half of drug-related executions in 2022. 47.3% of the 256 people executed for drug-related charges were Baluch.

According to reports gathered by Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO), at least 256 people were executed for drug-related offences in 2022, a more than two-fold increase compared to 2021 (126) and ten times more than 2020 (25).