Baluch Sunni Clerics Transferred to Ministry of Intelligence Custody Still at Risk of Execution

According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, Molavi Amanollah Baluchi and Hafez Abdolrahim Kouhi who were transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for their executions on January 18, were returned to their cells, but were transferred to the Ministry of Intelligence’s custody hours later.

An informed source told IHR: “The two prisoners are still at risk of execution.”

Molavi Amanollah Baluchi and Hafez Abdolrahim Kouhi were arrested in November 2015 and sentenced to death and ten years imprisonment on security charges by the Zahedan Revolutionary Court in September 2019. They were due to be executed tomorrow (21 January 2021).

At least five people have been executed in Zahedan Central Prison since the beginning of 2021. Over the last month, 14 Baluch prisoners have been executed in Zahedan Central Prison and Mashhad Central Prison, with at least seven of them facing security and political charges.