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One Person’s Story

Momtaz Habibi

About

Age: 41
Nationality: Iran
Religion: Presumed Muslim
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: June, 1997
Location of Killing: Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Unspecified execution method
Charges: Drug trafficking

About this Case

The execution of Mr. Momtaz Habibi, along with three other individuals, was announced in the Kayhan newspaper on June 15, 1997.

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 other than it took place at the Islamic Revolutionary Tribuanl of Shiraz.

Charges

The charges against the defendant were announced as “purchase, possession, and trafficking of 1,500 kilograms narcotics.”

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 Islamic Republic authorities have brought trumped-up charges against their political opponents and executed them for alleged 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. Scores of them were executed based on a 1989 law imposing mandatory death sentences on drug traffickers found in possession of specified amounts of proscribed narcotics (5 kg of hashish or opium, and more than 30 grams of heroin, codeine, methadone, or morphine). 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. Habibi’s defense.

Judgment

The court condemned Mr. Momtaz Habibi to death and, after the ruling was confirmed by the Supreme Court, he was executed in Shiraz. The exact date of this execution is unknown.

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