Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); April 29, 2023: Three Baluch men were executed for drug-related and murder charges in Zahedan Central Prison and Iranshahr Prison.
According to Hal Vash, two Baluch men were executed in Zahedan Central Prison and one in Iranshahr Prison on April 29.
The two men executed in Zahedan were identified as 48-year-old Nematollah Rigi Ladiz (known as Abdollah Roudini) and Abdolsattar Shahuzehi who were sentenced to death for drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court.
Nematollah Rigi Ladiz, a Zahedan native, had six children and had been arrested around five years ago.
The Baluch man executed in Iranshahr Prison was identified as Mahmoud Rahmani (pictured) who was arrested around 12 years ago and sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder.
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.
Those charged with the umbrella term of “intentional murder” are sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) regardless of intent or circumstances due to a lack of grading in law. Once a defendant has been convicted, the victim’s family are required to choose between death as retribution, diya (blood money) or forgiveness.
Man Executed for Adultery in Karaj
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); April 29, 2023: Ahmad Nikouyi, a man sentenced to death for adultery, has been executed in Karaj Penitentiary. Though Iranian law proscribes stoning for adultery, a punishment last carried out in 2010 after international pressure raised the political cost of its use. Those sentenced to stoning are secretly executed by hanging instead.
According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Rajai Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison on April 24. His identity has been established as 37-year-old Ahmad Nikouyi who was sentenced to death for adultery.
An informed source told Iran Human Rights: “Ahmad Nikouyi was sentenced to death for charges of having sexual relations with a married woman. He was transferred to the gallows from Ward 7 of Karaj Prison.”
No information is available about the married woman in the case.
At the time of writing, his execution has not been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.
In 2022, at least 582 people including 16 women and three juvenile offenders were executed in Iran. Only 12% (71) were reported by official sources.
Source:
Iran Human Rights, Staff, April 29, 2023
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