IRAN: 15 BALOCH INCLUDING TWO WOMEN EXECUTED IN ZAHEDAN PRISON

October 12, 2013: The Iranian regime executed at least 15 people at the central prison of Zahedan city in Balochistan in the morning. The prisoners who were held under section 1 of youth imprisonment, Section 2 of women act, Section 5, section 7 and 3 were transferred to solitary confinement from the Intelligence Bureau in central prison of Zahedan and hanged.
Sources further reported that on Thursday 18 September, 15 prisoners from different sections and cells were isolated from the Intelligence Ministry and transferred to the central prison of Zahedan. Their all connections were cut off from rest of the prisoners and their families. There is great concern that three of the prisoners who have been transferred from the Intelligence Bureau are probably political prisoners. 
During the transfer the prisoners’ faces were covered with sacks that is why it had been difficult to identity all of them.
The details of prisoners who were executed for each item is as follows: 2 people from section 1 juvenile imprisonment, 2 people from section 2, 1 person from section 5, 2 female prisoners from female ward, 4 people from section 7 and 3 people from the information section.
The identities of some of the prisoners have been confirmed as following:
Hamza Ghamshadzahi 30 years old, he was imprisoned in Zahedan central prison under 7 from more than two year;
Shah Mohammad Barahouee 33 years old, he was imprisoned for 2 years under section 7 in central prison of Zahedan;
Nasir Barzang 28 years old, he was imprisoned for 4 years in central prison of Zahedan under section 7;
Hussain Sufi 25-year-old was jailed for five years in Zahedan prison ward 5.
The prisoners were kept uninformed about their execution until the very last minute. Generally when prisoners are segregated for execution purpose they are told that they either have meetings with their families or with their legal teams. 
However, on the other hand their families will not be informed about the fate of their loved ones and most the times even bodies of Baloch prisoners are not handed over to their families. 
Sources say that more than 200 Baloch including 8 women have been executed in secrecy since Ruhani came to power. (Sources: balochwarna.com, 13/10/2013)