Iran executes five Baloch prisoners on drug-related charges

Hengaw – Sunday, September 13, 2026

Iranian authorities executed at least five Baloch prisoners, Amanollah Nazarkhani, Hashem Rakhshani, Asghar Pishahang, Mohammad Mousazahi, and Yousef Abil, on drug-related charges in the prisons of Zabol, Zahedan, Iranshahr, and Jiroft.

Based on information received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Amanollah Nazarkhani and Hashem Rakhshani, both from Zehak County, were executed in Zabol Central Prison at dawn on Sunday, September 13, 2026. Rakhshani, 34, was married and the father of two children.

Nazarkhani and Rakhshani had been arrested two years earlier in separate cases involving drug-related charges and were subsequently sentenced to death by the Iranian judiciary.

On the same day, Asghar Pishahang, a 34-year-old Baloch prisoner from Zarabad County and father of three, was executed in Zahedan Central Prison. He had been arrested four years earlier on drug-related charges and subsequently sentenced to death.

Mohammad Mousazahi, a 34-year-old Baloch man from Zahedan who resided in Iranshahr, was also executed on drug-related charges in Iranshahr Central Prison. He was married and the father of two young children.

Yousef Abil, a 27-year-old Baloch prisoner from Zabol County, was executed at dawn the same day in Jiroft Central Prison. He was married and the father of two children and had been arrested two years earlier on drug-related charges.

The executions of the five Baloch prisoners have not been announced by Iranian state media or outlets affiliated with the judiciary.