Death Sentence of Five Baloch Prisoners Carried Out in the Prisons of Iran 

Hengaw; Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Death sentences for five Baloch prisoners, namely Mahmoud Mangoli, Alireza Sargolzaie, Hassan Shadman, Barahouie and Mohsen Karami were implemented at Birjand, Qaen, and Mashhad Prisons.

According to a report obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, the death sentence of Mahmoud Mangoli (Gorgij), 42 years old, a resident of Saleh Abad County, Khorasan Razavi Province, was carried out in Birjand Central Prison.

Simultaneously, Alireza Sargolzaie, 25 years old, a father of two, from Zahedan, had his execution sentence carried out at Vakilabad Central Prison.

Earlier, on Sunday, April 28, 2024, three Baloch prisoners - Mohsen Karami, aged 28; Hassan Shadman; and another prisoner named Barahouei-were executed at Qaen Prison in Khorasan Razavi.

All of these five Baloch prisoners had previously been detained and sentenced to death for drug-related crimes.

The news of these executions had not been disclosed in government-affiliated media outlets, particularly those aligned with the government, at the time of compiling this report.