Sepehr Shirani, a 19-year-old Baluch student, lost his life three days after being detained at the Zahedan Intelligence Detention Center, according to Haalvash news website. The Baloch Activists Campaign has attributed his death to torture. Shirani was arrested by Zahedan security forces on Tuesday, January 30, for his activities on social media.
According to Haalvsh, which covers news in Sistan and Baluchestan province, the Revolutionary Guards’ intelligence forces informed Shirani’s family on Thursday, February 1, that Sepehr had lost his life.
The report stated that the body of the deceased young man had been in the possession of the Zahedan Intelligence at the time of the report, and his family and relatives are currently engaged in the necessary procedures to receive the body from the coroner.
In another report, Haalvsh, quoting its sources, wrote: “On Tuesday, January 31, around 4:00 PM, Sepehr left his house, and his phone was turned off. After searching and following up, the family confirmed his detention by the intelligence forces. They announced that his arrest was due to his activities on social media and stated that they would release him after answering a few questions.”
Following the bloody Friday in Zahedan on September 30, 2022, which resulted in the killing and injury of hundreds of people, the city came under tight security control.
According to the Baloch Activists Campaign (balochcampaign), in an update on the news of Sepehr Shirani’s killing, citing informed sources, they wrote, “The intelligence forces have killed Sepehr through torture and in a fabricated scenario, they made it look like he committed suicide by shooting himself in the head and transferring him to the rooftop of his house.”
Another informed source told Haalvsh about the killing of this Baloch citizen: “In the early hours of Thursday, around 4:30 AM, Sepehr’s body was found on the rooftop of their apartment while he had been shot in the head. The family had no information about how he was released from the intelligence detention center without their knowledge and went to the rooftop of the house. The manner of his death has been staged according to the precedent of security agencies.”
Haalvsh further wrote, citing this informed source: “Earlier, the security forces had warned Sepehr about his activities on social media and his presence in the protests of Zahedan on Fridays, and told him that he had no right to post anything about the protests anymore, but he did not pay attention to these warnings.”
Previously, in December 2023, Haalvsh reported that Mahmoud Rakhshani, a 19-year-old college student who was detained by the Revolutionary Guards Intelligence in Sistan and Baluchestan province on September 3, 2023, and fell into a coma as a result of torture and head injuries, died on December 11, 2023, at Amir-al-Momenin Hospital in the city of Zabol (eastern Iran).
On December 6, 2023, Amnesty International released a report detailing the violations committed by the Revolutionary Guards, Basij, the Ministry of Intelligence, and various police units against women, men, and children during the popular uprising in Iran. The report published testimonies from some of the victims.
In recent years, many political prisoners have lost their lives in Iranian detention centers and prisons due to pressure, torture, and the denial of medical services. However, the Iranian regime has refused to take any responsibility for their deaths.
