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One Person’s Story

Jan Mohammad Boluri

About

Nationality: Iran
Religion: Presumed Muslim
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: September 26, 1987
Location of Killing: Mashhad, Khorasan\Khorasan-e Razavi Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Hanging
Charges: Drug trafficking

About this Case

About this Case

The execution of Mr. Jan Mohammad Boluri, son of Gol Mohammad, along with fifteen others, was reported in the Kayhan newspaper on September 26, 1987.

Arrest and detention

The circumstances of Mr. Boluri’s arrest and detention are not known.

Trial

There is no information regarding this trial.

Charges

According to the newspaper, Mr. Boluri was charged with “being continuously active in dealing 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 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 newspaper report referred to “buying 5 kg of heroin from a national of Afghanistan and transporting it to Tehran and distributing it, selling 9.5 kg of heroin in cooperation of the other defendant, selling 1.2 kg of heroin and his wife’s selling of 500 grams of heroin, and.”

Defense

No information is available concerning Mr. Boluri’s defense.

Judgment

The Islamic Revolutionary Tribunal to Combat Drugs declared Mr. Boluri a “corruptor on earth” and sentenced him to death. He and two other men were publicly hanged at dawn on September 26, 1987 in Mashad.

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