Balochistan: Iran executes Baloch athlete in Zahedan prison

ZAHEDAN: A Baloch prisoner has been executed in Zahedan prison on Sunday, March 10, 2019. He was shifted to solitary confinement on 6^th of March along with another inmate.

According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, two Baloch prisoners named Mohsin Bamarri, 26, from Iranshahr and Ebrahim Gorgej, 33, father of two from Zahedan were transferred to solitary confinement on 6 March.

Mohsin Bamarri was jailed in 2011 and Ibrahim Gorgej was imprisoned in 2012 and both men were accused of murder.

The Baloch Activists Campaign has confirmed the execution of Ebrahim Gorgej as of the morning of 10 March 2019.

According to sources, Ebrahim Gorgej, a boxer and an athlete, he got into a fight with a man in the street while defending another citizen. Unfortunately, the other man died during the fight.

The International Human Rights Organisation ranked Iran as number one in terms of population per capita for the highest number of executions.

The fate of Mohsin Bamarri remains unknown as there is still no information whether he has also been executed or not.