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One Person’s Story

Unknown

About

Nationality: Unknown
Religion: Unknown
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: February, 2015
Location of Killing: Central Prison (Adelabad), Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Hanging
Charges: Unknown charge

About this Case

News of the execution of an unknown person, along with eight others, was published on the website of HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency) on March 22, 2015.  

Arrest and detention

The circumstances of the defendant’s arrest and detention are not known.

Trial

No information is available on the defendant’s trial.

Charges

The charges brought against the defendant were related to narcotics and/ or murder. No information is available on details of the charges.

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 did not provide any specific information on the evidence presented against the defendant.

Defense

No information is available on the defendant’s defense.

Judgment

The defendant was hanged at Adelabad Prison in Shiraz between March  20 and 22, 2015. The details of this execution are unknown.  

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