Balochistan: Iran executes Baloch political prisoner in Dozzap

DOZZAP (Zahedan): Iranian forces have hanged a Baloch political prisoner in Dozzap [Zahedan] Central Prison in Iranian Occupied Balochistan (IOB) on Thursday.

According to details, Thursday, 23rd April 2020, the Iranian force carried out the execution of Abdul Basit Dehani. He was transferred to an Isolation ward on Monday 20th of April and had his last meeting with family on 22nd April.

Sources told Balochwarna News that 30-year-old Abdul Basit son of Layduk was arrested from Shastun [Savaran] city in June 2016 and was accused of acting against National Security and collaborating with the opposition groups.

A branch of ‘revolutionary court’ in the city of Dozzap headed by judge Mousavi sentenced Abdul Basit to death on 7 November 2019.

It is important to note that he was deprived of legal representation and his fate was decided by IRGC’s ‘revolutionary court’. He had already revealed in open letters to social media that he was tortured and coerced to confession.

In letters he had detailed his ordeal as follows: “The secret service of Iran arrested me in Shastun [Saravan] and I was accused of cooperation with anti-regime groups ….. I was subjected to the worst torture. They tied my hands and hanged me to the ceiling.

“They severely beat the sole of my feet and the pain was unbearable. They also light fire under my feet to burn the soles as if they were grilling a chicken. They threaten and intimidated my family to force me to say whatever they wanted me to say or they would harm my family.

“I could not bear all these tortures and I was forced to accept their false accusations. Hence I was sentenced to death by a court [revolutionary court] on fake charges.”