Authorities in Iran executed an ethnic Baluchi man on Saturday morning who had been in prison on charges of cooperating with anti-regime groups, Persian daily Iran International reported.
Despite human rights groups warnings, 31-year-old Javid Dehghan Khald was executed in Zahedan prison in Iran after serving five and a half years in prison.
Just a day before the execution was carried out, the United Nations human rights office called on Tehran to halt the hanging of Khald after condemning an alleged spree of 28 executions in Iran, including several prisoners from minority groups.
Amnesty International also called on the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to stop the execution of Khald.
Khald was sentenced to death after being convicted “following a grossly unfair trial” of belonging to an armed group and involvement in an ambush that killed two Revolutionary Guards, Amnesty International said.
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Authorities in Iran executed an ethnic Baluchi man on Saturday morning who had been in prison on charges of cooperating with anti-regime groups, Persian daily Iran International reported. Despite human rights groups warnings, 31-year-old Javid Dehghan Khald was executed in Zahedan prison in Iran after serving five and a half years in prison. Just a day before the execution was carried out, the United Nations human rights office called on Tehran to halt the hanging of Khald after condemning an alleged spree of 28 executions in Iran, including several prisoners from minority groups. Amnesty International also called on the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to stop the execution of Khald. Khald was sentenced to death after being convicted “following a grossly unfair trial” of belonging to an armed group and involvement in an ambush that killed two Revolutionary Guards, Amnesty International said. Khald was sentenced to death after being convicted “following a grossly unfair trial” of belonging to an armed group and involvement in an ambush that killed two Revolutionary Guards, Amnesty International said.
