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One Person’s Story

Mehdi Abbasi

About

Age: 23
Nationality: Iran
Religion: Non-Believer
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: 1981
Location of Killing: Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Shooting
Charges: Unknown charge

About this Case

The information about Mr. Mehdi Abbasi is taken from the book Our Martyrs for Freedom and Socialism by Rah-e Kargar publication. He is one of the 12028 individuals listed in an addendum to the Mojahed magazine (No 261), published by Mojahedin Khalq Organization on September 6, 1985. The list includes 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. He was born in Arak. He was a student in the Science and Technology University of Tehran and a sympathizer of the Rah-e Kargar Organization.

"Rah-e Kargar" or the "Revolutionary Workers Organization of Iran" was established in the summer of 1979. The Organization was founded by individuals from various leftist groups who had rejected the idea of armed struggle and believed in political action. They introduced themselves as Marxist-Leninists, promoting a socialist revolution and the leadership of the proletariat. They differed with the pro-Soviet communist party, Tudeh, in that they opposed the Islamic Republic and Ayatollah Khomeini's leadership.

Arrest and detention

The circumstances of this defendant’s arrest and detention are not known. According to the above book, Mr. Mehdi Abbasi was identified and arrested by the Hezbollah of the Science and Technology University.

Trial

No information is available on the defendant’s trial.

Charges

No information is available on Mr. Mehdi Abbasi’s charges.

Evidence of guilt

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

Defense

No information is available about the defense.

Judgment

No specific information is available about the defendant’s execution. According to the above source, Mr. Mehdi Abbasi was executed by a firing squad in Tehran in the summer of 1981.

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