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One Person’s Story

Unknown

About

Nationality: Unknown
Religion: Unknown
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: 2004
Location of Killing: Hamedan, Hamedan Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Hanging
Charges: Drug related offense

About this Case

News of the execution of an unknown individual, along with another person, was published in the Ettela’at newspaper on October 12, 2004. This case was related to drug charges. The defendant had a criminal record. 

Arrest and detention

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

Trial

The Islamic Revolutionary Court of Hamadan tried the defendant. No information is available on the unknown person’s trial.

Charges

The charge brought against the unknown person was announced as “possession of 105 grams of heroin.”  

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 the unknown person.

Defense

No information is available on the unknown person’s defense.

Judgment

The Islamic Revolutionary Court of Hamadan condemned this unknown person to death and the Supreme Court confirmed the ruling. This person was hanged, along with the other defendant, in Hamadan in 2004. The exact date of the execution is unknown.  

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