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IRAN - Mehdi Dahmardeh executed in Birjand on December 27
December 27, 2023: January 3, 2024
Mehdi Dahmardeh, a Baluch man on death row for drug-related charges, was executed in Birjand Central Prison on 27 December, bringing the total number of executions at the prison that day to nine people.
According to Haal Vsh, a Baluch man was executed in Birjand Central Prison on 27 December. His identity has been reported as 31-year-old Mehdi Dahmardeh from Zabol. He was sentenced to death for drug-related charges.
Five men and three women were previously reported to have been executed at the prison that day, bringing the total number to nine people. The five men were all sentenced to death for drug-related charges. The charges against the three women is still unknown, as well as their names.
At the time of writing, none of their executions have been reported by domestic media in Iran
https://iranhr.net/en/articles/6453/ (Source: IHR)
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