Baloch prisoner Abdolrahim Narouei Rouzaneh executed in Isfahan

Hengaw – Monday, September 14, 2026

Iranian authorities executed Abdolrahim Narouei Rouzaneh, a 47-year-old Baloch prisoner from Zabol, in Isfahan Central Prison (Dastgerd Prison). He had previously been sentenced to death on drug-related charges.

Based on information received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Narouei Rouzaneh, a married father of nine from Zabol, Sistan and Baluchistan Province, was executed at dawn on Monday, September 14, 2026, in Dastgerd Prison.

Narouei Rouzaneh was arrested in Isfahan in 2019 on drug-related charges and subsequently sentenced to death by the Isfahan Revolutionary Court.

The Baloch man was transferred to solitary confinement on Saturday, September 12, in preparation for his execution, without his family being informed or allowed a final visit.

Iranian state media and judiciary-affiliated outlets have not announced his execution.