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Execution of Two Prisoners, Including a Baloch Citizen, in Gorgan Central Prison

According to the Balochistan Human Rights Group, at dawn on Sunday, February 9, 2025, the death sentences of two prisoners—one a Baloch citizen and the other an Afghan national—were carried out in Gorgan Central Prison, Golestan Province. Both had been sentenced to death in separate cases on drug-related charges. The...

The Phenomenon of “Armed Unknown Individuals” in Balochistan – 2024 Report

The term "armed unknown individuals" is frequently used in media reports to describe the perpetrators of targeted killings and violent attacks in Sistan and Balochistan province and other Baloch-majority regions. While these incidents are often attributed to tribal conflicts and personal vendettas, reports suggest that Iranian security forces, including...

Report on the Arrest of Baloch Citizens in 2024

The arrest of Baloch citizens in Iran frequently occurs without due process and is often accompanied by severe human rights violations. Security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran routinely detain individuals without informing them of the charges or presenting a valid judicial warrant. These arrests commonly take place...

Report On Unregulated Shootings by Security Forces and Extrajudicial Killings of Baloch Citizens in 2024

Military and security institutions of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Sistan and Balochistan province, as well as in other Baloch-majority areas such as Rudbar-e-Zamin in southern Kerman, Giavan Zamin in eastern Hormozgan, and southern South Khorasan, operate with unwritten immunity from the judicial system and the government. These...

Report on Destruction of Homes and Confiscation of Baloch Ancestral Lands in 2024

In recent years, under projects such as the Makran Coastal Development Plan", Mahan Company—an entity affiliated with military-governmental institutions with significant influence in the Iranian regime—has confiscated thousands of hectares of land in the Dashtiari region under the pretext of projects such as banana cultivation, desalination plant construction, and...

Report on the Situation and Statistics of Fuel Carriers Killed and Injured in 2024

Fuel carrying is one of the few means of livelihood for many residents in different parts of Balochistan, who are forced into this work due to the lack of stable and suitable job opportunities. This profession comes with numerous dangers, including road accidents, vehicle rollovers, shootings by military and...

BHRG Annual Report 2024

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Systematic Violation of Sunni Rights in Iran Continues

According to the Balochistan Human Rights Group, three Baloch citizens, including a Sunni cleric and two staff members of Makki Mosque in Zahedan, have each been sentenced to one year in prison by the Revolutionary Court of Zahedan. The individuals are Hamidullah Farooqi Malazehi, a scholar at Darul Uloom Makki...

Detention of a Sunni Baloch Cleric by Intelligence Forces on the Sarbaz-Iranshahr Route

According to the Balochistan Human Rights Group, on Wednesday, January 31, 2025, plainclothes intelligence forces detained a Sunni Baloch cleric who was traveling to Zahedan to attend the Makki Mosque graduates’ conference. He was arrested on the Sarbaz-Iranshahr route without a judicial warrant and transferred to an undisclosed location. The...

Haji Hamid Gamshadzahi Released After Three Days of Detention

According to the Balochistan Human Rights Group, Haji Hamid Gamshadzahi, the head of the Gamshadzahi tribe, who was arrested on Wednesday, January 31, 2025, after being summoned to Branch 6 of the Zahedan Prosecutor’s Office, has been released after three days of detention. He had been summoned by the Zahedan...