Key facts
- Iran executed Mohammad Aref Shahbakhsh over an armed attack on the Qaleh Bid police station in Khash, Sistan-Baluchestan province.
- Semi-official Iranian media identified Shahbakhsh as a member of the Sunni militant group Jaish al-Adl.
- He was convicted of armed rebellion and of "waging war against God", Iranian media reported.
- Jaish al-Adl operates in southeastern Iran near the border with Pakistan, the report said.
Iran executed a Baluch man, Mohammad Aref Shahbakhsh, for involvement in an armed attack on a police station in the southeast of the country in which several officers were killed or wounded, Iranian media reported on November 7, 2026.
Semi-official Iranian media identified Shahbakhsh as a member of the Sunni militant group Jaish al-Adl. He was convicted of armed rebellion and of "waging war against God" in connection with the attack on the Qaleh Bid police station in Khash, in Sistan-Baluchestan province, according to the reports carried by Reuters.
The report did not specify when the attack took place or how many police officers were killed or wounded. Jaish al-Adl operates in southeastern Iran near the border with Pakistan and has carried out numerous attacks against Iranian security forces, the report said.