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One Person’s Story

Mohammad Dustdar

About

Nationality: Iran
Religion: Non-Believer
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: November 25, 1981
Location of Killing: Unknown
Mode of Killing: Shooting
Charges: Unknown charge

About this Case

News of the execution of Mr. Mohammad Dustdar, son of Jalil, along with 35 others, was published in the Kayhan newspaper on November 26, 1981. The Public Relations Department of the Central Public Prosecutor’s Office announced these executions, the defendants’ names and their charges, and released it to the Pars news agency. Mr. Dustdar is one of the 430 “Martyrs of the Peykar Organization for the Liberation of the Working Class” published on the website of Andeesheh va Peykar. His name also appears in an addendum to the Mojahed magazine (No 261), published by the Mojahedin Khalq Organization on September 6, 1985. The list includes 12,028 individuals, affiliated with various opposition groups, who were executed or killed during clashes with the Islamic Republic security forces from June 1981 to the publication date of the magazine.

The Peykar Organization for the Liberation of the Working Class was founded by a number of dissident members of the Mojahedin Khalq Organization who had converted to Marxism-Leninism. Peykar was also joined by a number of political organizations, known as Khat-e Se (Third line). The founding tenets of Peykar included the rejection of guerrilla struggle and a strong stand against the pro-Soviet policies of the Iranian Tudeh Party. Peykar viewed the Soviet Union as a “social imperialist” state, believed that China had deviated from the Marxist-Leninist principles, and radically opposed all factions of the Islamic regime of Iran. The brutal repression of dissidents by the Iranian government and splits within Peykar in 1981 and 1982 effectively dismantled the Organization and scattered its supporters. By the mid-1980s, Peykar was no longer in existence.

Arrest and detention

The circumstances of this defendant’s arrest and detention are not known.

Trial

No information is available on the defendant’s trial.

Charges

The charges against Mr. Dustdar were announced as “having contact with Ezoddin Hosseini [a Kurdish opposition leader] and people who were involved in the coup d’état."

The validity of the criminal charges brought against this defendant cannot be ascertained in the absence of the basic guarantees of a fair trial.

Evidence of guilt

The report of this execution does not contain information regarding the evidence provided against the defendant.

Defense

No information is available on Mr. Dustdar’s defense.

Judgment

َThe Central Islamic Revolutionary Court called Mr. Dustdar an “an enemy of God, a corruptor on earth and a rebel against the Islamic regime.” He was condemned to death and executed by firing squad in Evin yard in Tehran on November 25, 1981.

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