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One Person’s Story

Farhad K.

About

Nationality: Iran
Religion: Unknown
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: 2010
Location of Killing: Kerman, Kerman Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Hanging
Charges: Drug trafficking; Drug possession

About this Case

News of the execution of Mr. Farhad K., along with seven others, was published on the websites of Kerman Courthouse on August 17 and October 6, and ISNA (Iranian Students News Agency) on October 6, 2010, quoting the Public Relations Office of the Kerman Courthouse.

Arrest and Detention

There is no specific information on the defendant’s arrest and detention.

Trial

No information is available on the defendant’s trial. This trial took place at the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Kerman.

Charges

The charges against Mr. Farhad K. were announced as "buying, possessing, and selling 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 presented against the defendant was announced as "possession and selling 580 kilograms of opium."

Defence

No information is available on the defendant's defence.

Judgment

The court condemned Mr. Farhad K. to death and the ruling was confirmed by the General Public Prosecutor. The Provincial Pardon Commission rejected the defendant’s requests for pardon and he was hanged in the Kerman Central prison yard. The exact date of this execution is unknown.

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