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One Person’s Story

Unknown

About

Nationality: Unknown
Religion: Unknown
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: February 26, 2015
Location of Killing: Ardebil, Ardebil Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Hanging
Charges: Drug trafficking; Drug possession; Possession of arms

About this Case

News of the execution of an unknown person, along with two others, was published on the website of the Ardebil Courthouse on March 8, 2015, quoting the Public Relations Office of the Ardebil General Courthouse.  

Arrest and detention

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

Trial

Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Ardebil tried the defendant. No information is available on this trial.

Charges

The charge brought against the defendant was announced as “smuggling 27 kilograms of heroin out of the country.”        

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 27 kilograms of heroin and “a substancial amount of weapons and ammunition.”

Defense

No information is available on the defendant’s defense.

Judgment

Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Ardebil condemned the defendant to death and the Supreme Court confirmed the ruling. The defendant was hanged, along with two other defendants of this case, in Ardebil on February 26, 2015 in the morning. 

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