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One Person’s Story

Unknown

About

Nationality: Iran
Religion: Presumed Muslim
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: August 9, 2014
Location of Killing: Central Prison, Zahedan, Sistan Va Baluchestan Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Hanging
Charges: Drug possession

About this Case

News of the execution of an unknown woman, along with four others, was published on the website of the Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran on August 9, 2014. She was executed along with her son, Mr. Osman Dahmardeh. Her name is not mentioned in any report.  

Arrest and detention

This unknown woman was arrested along with her son. She was detained in the Women’s Section of the Zahedan Central Prison. The circumstances of her arrest and detention are not known.

Trial

No information is available on the defendant’s trial.

Charges

The charge brought against the defendant and four others was announced as “possession of narcotics.”        

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 this unknown woman.

Defense

No information is available on the defendant’s defense.

Judgment

This unknown woman was hanged, along with four others, in the Zahedan Central Prison on August 9, 2014.   

 

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