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IRAN - 4 men and 3 women executed in Birjand on July 23
July 23, 2024: July 23, 2024 - IRAN. 4 men and 3 women executed in Birjand on July 23
Amir Hamzeh Barahooie Mojarrad, Vahid Vahdani + 5 Unk
Today, Tuesday, July 23rd, the death sentences of seven prisoners, including three women, were carried out in Birjand Prison in South Khorasan province, according to Haal Vsh.
The identities of two of these prisoners have been reported as Amir Hamzeh Barahooie (Brahui) Mojarrad, married with two children, from Zabol and a resident of Fazl Abad in Golestan Province, and Vahid Vahdani, 33 years old, from Bojnord.
According to the report, these seven prisoners had been arrested in separate cases on drug-related charges.
These prisoners were transferred to solitary confinement on the night of Sunday, July 21st, in preparation for the execution.
The report, citing an informed source, stated: “Amir Hamzeh was arrested in 2019 and was later sentenced to death by the Birjand Revolutionary Court. After he appealed the verdict, it was overturned by the Supreme Court and referred to an another court branch, but he was ultimately sentenced to death again.”
According to women.ncr-iran.org, the 3 women were Baluch. The number of women executed in 2024 has reached 14. According to statistics compiled by the Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance, since 2007 at least 243 women have been executed in Iran.
By executing four women within four days, the regime’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has surpassed Raisi, who executed three women within three days in May.
No official sources or domestic media outlets within the country have provided coverage of these executions at the time of writing.
https://www.en-hrana.org/seven-prisoners-executed-in-birjand-prison-for-drug-offenses/
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/07/article-71
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2024/07/23/baluch-women-birjand-central-prison/ (Source: Hrana)
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