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One Person’s Story

Ali Khashi

About

Nationality: Iran
Religion: Presumed Muslim

Case

Date of Killing: May 21, 2007
Location of Killing: Iranshahr, Sistan Va Baluchestan Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Hanging
Charges: Drug trafficking

About this Case

News of the execution of Mr. Ali Khashi, along with another person, was published on the websites of the Fars news agency on May 22 and the Jomhuri Eslami newspaper on May 24, 2007 quoting the Public Relations Office of the Sistan and Baluchestan Provincial Court.

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. The trial took place in the Revolutionary Court of Iranshahr (Sistan and Baluchestan province).

Charges

The charge against Mr. Ali Khashi was announced as "dealing narcotics, such as heroin."

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 or methadone). 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. Khashi's defense.

Judgment

The court condemned Mr. Ali Khashi to death and the Supreme Court confirmed the ruling. He was hanged in the Iranshahr prison yard on May 21, 2007.

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