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One Person’s Story

Ali Shahryari

About

Nationality: Iran
Religion: Presumed Muslim
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: March 8, 2007
Location of Killing: Minab, Hormozgan Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Hanging
Charges: Drug trafficking; Possession of arms

About this Case

News of the execution of Mr. Ali Shahryari, along with another person, was published on the websites of ISNA (Iranian Students News Agency) and Hormozgan Province Court House on March 11, 2007, quoting the Public Relations Office of Hormozgan Province Court House.

Arrest and Detention

According to the report, the defendant was arrested after an intense clash with the police.

Trial

No information is available on the defendants’ trial. This trial took place in the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Minab.

Charges

The charge against Mr. Ali Shahryari was announced as, “participation in possession and transportation of 116 kilograms of opium.”

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 evidence provided against the defendant was announced as, “his Peugeot car containing the narcotics that was confiscated by the government.”

Defense

No information is available on the defense.

Judgment

The court condemned Mr. Ali Shahryari to death. His pardon and punishment reduction requests were rejected in the Provincial Pardon Commission. He was hanged at the main square of Minab on March 8, 2007. No information is available regarding the appeal of this case to a higher court.

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