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One Person’s Story

Asghar Lotfinava

About

Nationality: Iran
Religion: Presumed Muslim
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: May 20, 1984
Location of Killing: Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Fatal
Charges: Drug trafficking

About this Case

The execution of Mr. Asghar Lotfinava, along with 24 others, was announced in a communiqué by the Anti-Narcotics Section of the Public Prosecutor’s Office.The communiqué was reported in the Jomhuri Eslami daily on May 21, 1984.

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

According to this communiqué, Mr. Lotfinava was charged with “being consistently involved in supplying, selling and distributing narcotics, selling 3 kg of heroin once, dealing 800 gm of heroin twice and being convicted of drug-related offences 8 times.”

The validity of the criminal charges brought against this defendant cannot be ascertained in the absence of the basic guarantees of a fair trial. International human rights organizations have drawn attention to reports indicating that the Islamic Republic’s authorities have brought trumped up charges against their political opponents and executed them for drug trafficking, sexual, and other criminal offences. Thousands of alleged drug traffickers have been sentenced to death following judicial processes that fail to meet international standards. The exact number of people convicted based on trumped-up charges is unknown.

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. Lotfinava’s defense.

Judgment

The Anti-Narcotics Islamic Revolutionary Tribunal sentenced Mr. Lotfinava to death. The sentence was carried out at dawn.

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