IRAN - Qasim Salarzahi and Aziz Gargij executed on December 17
619 executions in 2022

Qasim Salarzahi and Aziz Gargij executed on December 17.
Two Baloch prisoners named Qasim Salarzahi in Zahedan prison and Aziz Gargij in Zabul prison, were executed on charges related to drugs.
According to this report by Rasanak, 40-year-old Qasim Salarzahi, was the son of Hashem, married and father of three children. In 2019, he was arrested in Zahedan on drug charges and sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court of this city.
The other prisoner, Aziz Gargij known as Bidullah, 25 years old, was from Zahak, was also arrested in 2019 on drug charges in Zahak. He was sentenced to death by the Zabul Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Babaei.
These two men were executed without notifying their families and not having a last visit. After the execution, the families of the prisoners were informed to come to receive the bodies of their loved ones.
https://en.iranhrs.org/two-baloch-prisoners-executed-in-zahedan-and-zabul-prisons/
- (Source: Iranian Human Rights Society)
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