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Published 30 January 2021
Iran hanged a man for murder, abduction and “terrorist” links on Saturday, the judiciary’s website said, despite international calls for the execution of the ethnic Baluch to be halted.
Javid Dehghan Khalad was put to death early in the morning in the restive southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, Mizan Online reported.
It comes a day after the United Nations had appealed to Iran not to go ahead with the execution of the 31-year-old.
Mizan said Dehghan was arrested in June 2015 and later convicted of being “one of the leaders” of a “terrorist” group linked to the jihadist Jaish al-Adl (Army of Justice).
The man had been found guilty of carrying out armed action against the state
Despite international calls against his execution, a Baluch man was hanged by Iran for murder, abduction and terrorist links on Saturday. Javid Dehghan Khalad was put to death early in the morning in the restive southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, Mizan Online reported.
The execution came just a day after the United Nations made an appeal to Iran against it. Mizan said Dehghan was arrested in June 2015 and later convicted of being one of the leaders of a terrorist group linked to the jihadist Jaish al-Adl (Army of Justice).
Iran hangs ethnic Baluch for terrorism , despite UN appeal
It comes a day after the United Nations had appealed to Iran not to go ahead with the execution of the 31-year-old.
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TEHRAN: Iran hanged a man for murder, abduction and terrorist links on Saturday, the judiciary s website said, despite international calls for the execution of the ethnic Baluch to be halted.
Javid Dehghan Khalad was put to death early in the morning in the restive southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, Mizan Online reported.
It comes a day after the United Nations had appealed to Iran not to go ahead with the execution of the 31-year-old.
Iran hangs ethnic Baluch for killing two Revolutionary Guards
Javid Dehghan was arrested in 2015 and later convicted of being one of the leaders of the Pakistan-based Jaish al-Adl militant group, which has been involved in several violent attacks in Iran.
Amnesty International alleged Dehghan s trial was grossly unfair
Iranian authorities on Saturday hanged Javid Dehghan Khalad, a suspected terrorist, for murder, abduction and links to the Sunni militant Jaish al-Adl (Army of Justice) group, according to the Iranian judiciary s website.
Dehghan was put to death early in the morning in the restive southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, the local Mizan Online news agency reported.
The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) will discuss the serious human rights-related concerns raised by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), led by Michelle Bachelet, once the government delegation to Geneva is finalised.
HRCSL Chairperson Jagath Balasuriya told
The Morning yesterday (28) that the HRCSL does not yet know as to who would comprise the delegation led by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to make its way to the 46th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland, which is to commence next month.
“Once we know the constituency and the membership of the delegation, we can discuss the situation,” Balasuriya added.