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One Person’s Story

Iraj Ahmadi

About

Nationality: Iran
Religion: Presumed Muslim
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: April 16, 2001
Location of Killing: Birjand, Khorasan\Khorasan-e Razavi Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Unspecified execution method
Charges: Drug trafficking

About this Case

News of the execution of Mr. Iraj Ahmadi, along with four others, was published in the Jomhuri Eslami and Ettela’at newspapers on April 18, 2001.

Arrest and detention

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

Trial

The Islamic Revolutionary Court of Birjand tried Mr. Ahmadi. No information is available on his trial.

Charges

The charge brought against Mr. Ahmadi was announced as “armed participation in transporting 596 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 the Islamic Republic authorities have brought trumped-up charges, including drug trafficking, sexual, and other criminal offences, against their opponents (including political, civil society activists, as well as unionists and ethnic and religious minorities). 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 did not provide any specific information on the evidence presented against Mr. Ahmadi.

Defense

No information is available on Mr. Ahmadi’s defense.

Judgment

The court condemned Mr. Iraj Ahmadi to death and the Supreme Court confirmed the ruling. He was hanged in Birjand on April 16, 2001. 

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