The death sentence of a prisoner was executed in Zahedan

The death sentence of a Baloch prisoner named Mahmoud Rakhshani, who was previously sentenced to death for drug-relate

17 June 2023 22:08

 

Hengaw, Saturday, June 17, 2023

The death sentence of a Baloch prisoner named Mahmoud Rakhshani, who was previously sentenced to death for drug-related crimes, was executed in Zahedan Central Prison.
 

According to the report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, at dawn on Saturday, June 17, 2023, the death sentence of a Baloch prisoner named Mahmoud Rakhshani, 27, from Zahedan, was executed in the central prison of this city.
 

Mahmoud Rakhshani was arrested five years ago and later sentenced to death by the Zahedan Revolutionary Court on charges of drug-related crimes.
 

Based on the statistics registered in the Statistics and Documents Center of the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, in May 2023, at least 142 prisoners were executed in Iranian prisons, of whom 31 were Baloch prisoners.


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