Execution of at least 45 prisoners in the last 10 days in Iran
7-May-2023
Category: executions
May 5, 2023
Newsgroup: Execution –
Breathing in confinement: Over the last 10 days, at least 45 prisoners, including 25 Baloch citizens and 2 women, have been executed in different prisons in Iran of them, only the execution of two prisoners has been officially announced by the state media. This unprecedented rise in the number of executions has raised a huge concerns among human rights activists.
According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the number of executed prisoners in the last 10 days reached at least 45. Among those executed were 25 Baloch citizens as well as 2 women. Twenty seven of these prisoners had been sentenced to death for drug related crimes.
Between Saturday, April 29 and Thursday, May 4, 2023, 25 Baloch citizens were executed. Among them were 2 female prisoners, one of whom was a 35-year-old woman mother of 5, 17 were executed on drug related charges and 5 others on murder charges:
1-Saturday, April 29; The execution of Eid Mohammad Shadman, for murder in Iranshahr prison
2- Saturday, April 29; The execution of Mahmoud Rahmani, son of Reis, for murder in Iranshahr prison
3- Saturday 29 April; Execution of Jaber Aminifar, 30 years old, son of Khan Ali, for the charge of crimes related to “narcotic drugs” in Birjand prison
4- Saturday 29 April; The execution of Nematollah Rigi Ladiz, 48, son of Hanif, for the charge of crimes related to “narcotic drugs” in Zahedan prison.
5- Saturday 29 April; The execution of Abdul Sattar Shahouzahi, son of Akbar, for murder in Zahedan prison
6- Sunday, April 30; Execution of Madineh Sabzevan, 39, daughter of Gholam, for drug related charges in Birjand prison. She was the mother of 5 children and a resident in Zahedan.
7- Sunday, April 30; The execution of Mohammad Shibak, 33, on drug related charges in Birjand prison
8- Sunday, April 30; The execution of Abdullah Zarouzahi, 47, the son of Ravan Khan, on drug related charges in Birjand prison.
9- Sunday, April 30; The execution of a woman whose identity has yet to be identified, for murder in Zahedan prison
10- Sunday, April 30; Gul Mohammad Narouei, 31, son of Mohammad, accused of “murder” in Zahedan prison
11- Monday, May 1; The execution of Aminullah Karimi Qoljaei, 40, son of Nik Mohammad, for drug related charges in Vakil Abad prison in Mashhad.
12- Monday, May 1; Execution of Hossein Rigi, 38, son of Hassan, for drug related in Vakil Abad prison in Mashhad.
13- Tuesday, May 2; The execution of Mohammad Melkdadzehi (Rigi), 31, son of Sharif, for drug related charges in Vakil Abad prison in Mashhad.
14- Tuesday, May 2; The execution of Ehsan Gergij, 30, son of Seyyed Khan, for drug related charges in Bandar Abbas prison.
15- Tuesday, May 2; The execution of Musa Gergij, 55 years old, son of Hossein, on drug related charges in Bandar Abbas prison.
16- Wednesday, May 3; The execution of Sabour Shahbakhsh, 32, the son of Mehrab, on drug related charges in Yazd prison.
17- Thursday, May 4; The execution of Abdul Basir Bejam (Totazahi), 29, on drug related charges in Yazd prison.
18- Wednesday, May 3; The execution of Lal Mohammad Naroi Brahui, 43, the son of Mohammad, on drug related charges in Minab prison.
19- Thursday, May 4; Amir Ramshek, 34, son of Reza, was executed in Yazd prison for drug-related crimes.
20- Thursday, May 4; The execution of Noorahmad Nahtani, 40, son of Yusuf, for drug related charge in Vakil Abad prison in Mashhad.
21- Thursday, May 4; The execution of Idris Gergij, the son of Qasim, born in 1992, for drug related in Torbetjam prison. He was father of 5 children.
22- Thursday, May 4; The execution of Habibullah Faqirdadzehi (Sakhi), 43, son of Moladad, on drug related charges in Isfahan prison. He was from Zahedan and the father of 4 children.
It needs to be mentioned three prisoners who were executed on Wednesday, May 3, are yet to be identified.
In addition, during the past days, 20 prisoners were executed in other cities’ prisons.
At dawn on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, 5 prisoners who were sentenced to death on charges of “murder” were executed in Rajaeeshahr prison.
On the same day, Shahin Firouzkohi, father of one, and Ali Daftari from Sari were executed in Qazvin prison on charges of drug related crimes.
Also, Hanif Khosravi, a prisoner accused of “murder”, who was arrested 3 years ago, was hanged in Neishabor prison on the morning of Wednesday, May 3.
At dawn on Wednesday, May 3, a prisoner named Reza Hassanzadeh from Ahar, was executed for murder charges in the prison of this city. This prisoner was reportedly less than 18 when he was arrested. “Breathing in Confinement” is trying to verify whether Reza Hassanzadeh was a child-accused.
In addition, on the morning of Thursday, May 4, two prisoners were executed in Qezel Hesar prison in Karaj. These two prisoners have been identified as Mohammad Ali Bani Ebrahimi from Bam and Mehdi Farrokhi from Varamin, were sentenced to death on drug related charges.
On the same day, another prisoner named Hamed Mousavi, 23, from Ardabil, who was arrested and sentenced to death on murder charges, was hanged in Ardabil prison.
At dawn on Thursday, May 4, a prisoner named Hamid Emami was executed in Khorramabad prison for murder charges.
On the same day, 4 prisoners were hanged in Lakan prison in Rasht of whom three had been charged with drug related crimes, and the charge of the fourth prisoner, Jalaluddin Rahimiman Azar, 23, son of Rahman from Mahabad, was murder.
On Friday, May 5th, two prisoners named Faramarz Karasi from Bukan and Behzad Hanifi from Urmia were executed in Urmia prison for drug-related crimes.
The Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran expressing concern over the rapid increase in the execution of death sentences in Iran, calls on all human rights entities and organizations to urge the Islamic republic to stop the executions. The Islamic Republic uses the execution as a tool to prevent the protests of the Iranian people. The Islamic Republic should know that using the inhuman death punishment to intimidate people has a price to pay. Inaction and silence in the face of these inhuman acts will make the regime feel more open handed to kill the Iranian people.
According to the statistics center of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, at least 665 prisoners were executed in Iran in the past one year.