Iran Executes Afghan National, Six Others On Drug Charges
The Iran Human Rights Organisation has reported that the Iran executed seven prisoners, including one Afghan national and four Iranian Baluch citizens, at Birjand Prison in South Khorasan Province.
According to the rights group, the executions were carried out in the early hours of Sunday. All individuals had been sentenced to death by the Iranian judiciary on drug-related charges.
The Afghan national was identified as 52-year-old Alireza Lalouzai, a resident of Mashhad. He had been arrested three years earlier and later convicted of drug trafficking offences.
The six other individuals executed were named as Khosrow Sarani (42), Mahmoud Sarani (41), Yousef Sorourvash (52), Mousa Shokoohi (41), Mojtaba Lakzaei (34), and Ali Noori (35). The organisation noted that four of them were Iranian citizens of Baluch ethnicity.
The executions were reportedly carried out in secrecy, with no prior notification or final visitation rights granted to the prisoners’ families.
As of now, there has been no official confirmation or reporting from Iranian state media or judicial authorities regarding the executions.
