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IRAN - 5 men and 1 woman executed in Mashhad on March 1
March 1, 2025: March 1, 2025 - IRAN. At least six prisoners, including a woman, executed in Mashhad on March 1
Asieh Ghavi Cheshm, Mehrdad Kolbeali, Hassan Shahraki, Jalal Afaq, Masoud Yaghi Zayi (Brahui), and Aref Sediqpour.
At least six prisoners, including three Baloch prisoners and one woman, were executed in Vakilabad Prison, Mashhad. They have been identified as Asieh Ghavi Cheshm, Mehrdad Kolbeali, Hassan Shahraki, Jalal Afaq, Masoud Yaghi Zayi (Brahui), and Aref Sediqpour, all of whom had been convicted on drug-related charges.
According to reports received by Hengaw, at dawn on March 1, 2025, death sentences of Asieh Ghavi Cheshm, 45, a mother of two, and Jalal Afaq, 32, both from Khalqabad village near Mashhad; Masoud Yaghi Zayi (Brahui), 33, and Hassan Shahraki, 29, from Zahedan; Mehrdad Kolbeali, 26, from Zabol; and Aref Sediqpour from Kerman were carried out in Vakilabad Prison, Mashhad.
Jalal Afaq and Asieh Ghavi Cheshm were arrested two years ago in a joint case on drug-related charges.
Masoud Yaghi Zayi and Mehrdad Kolbeali had been imprisoned for three years, while Hassan Shahraki had been arrested for four years before being sentenced to death on drug-related charges.
The prisoners were transferred to solitary confinement the day before their execution. Prison authorities denied Masoud Yaghi Zayi his final visit with his family.
As of the time of this report, state-affiliated media have not announced these executions.
Asieh Ghavi-Cheshm is the fourth woman to be executed in Iran in 2025. According to data compiled by the Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), at least 267 women have been executed in Iran since 2007.
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2025/3/article-4
https://wncri.org/2025/03/01/asieh-ghavi-cheshm-mashhad/ (Source: Hengaw)
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