Iranian authorities execute three prisoners, including two Baloch men

Hengaw – Wednesday, June 17, 2026

The Iranian Judiciary has carried out the executions of at least three prisoners in recent days, including two Baloch men, Aref Barahoui and Hossein Keshani, as well as Hassan Fatemi. They had been sentenced to death on charges of "drug-related offenses" and "premeditated murder."

According to reports received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, the execution of Aref Barahoui (Eidozehi), a 34-year-old Baloch man from Zahedan, was carried out in the early hours of Wednesday, June 17, 2026, at Zabol Prison.

Barahoui was married and the father of three children. He was arrested in Zabol in 2022 on drug-related charges and was later sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court of the city.

Meanwhile, the execution of another Baloch prisoner, Hossein Keshani, 39, from Azadshahr in Golestan Province, was carried out in the early hours of Sunday, June 14, 2026, at Shahab Prison in Kerman. He had been arrested several years earlier in Kerman on drug-related charges and was later sentenced to death.

Authorities also executed Hassan Fatemi, a 24-year-old prisoner, on the same day at Sari Central Prison. He had been arrested four years earlier for the premeditated murder of his stepmother and was subsequently sentenced to death.

The executions of these three prisoners have not been announced by the Iranian Judiciary or reported by state-affiliated media outlets in Iran.