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One Person’s Story

Ali Hamzeluian

About

Age: 32
Nationality: Iran
Religion: Islam (Shi'a)
Civil Status: Married

Case

Date of Killing: June 1, 1979
Location of Killing: Iran
Mode of Killing: Shooting
Charges: Corruption on earth; Mass murder; Murder of persons and/or killing Muslims or/and freedom fighters

About this Case

Captain Ali Hamzehluian, the former intelligence chief of police in Shahsevar, is one of 438 victims listed in an Amnesty International report, dated March 13, 1980. The report lists defendants who were convicted by Revolutionary Tribunals in the period from their inception until 12 August, 1979. The main source of the Amnesty International report is the news coverage by Iranian and foreign media and the bulletins of the official Pars News Agency.

Additional information was sent to the Boroumand Foundation via two electronic forms by persons familiar with the case. According to this information, Captain Hamzeh Luian, son of Mojtaba, was born in Arak in 1947. He was married and had a daughter. His education has been listed as a bachelor's degree. Based on one of the electronic forms, Captain Hamzeh Luian was an officer in the army, but according to the other electronic form, he was an officer for Savak - the previous regime’s intelligence agency.

Arrest and detention

According to one of the electronic forms, Captain Hamzehluian was arrested in the city of Tonekabon, in the Mazandaran Province. However, according to the other electronic form, he was arrested in Tehran.

Trial

No information is available on the defendant’s trial. According to one of the electronic forms, his witnesses and relatives were not allowed to be present at his trial.

Charges

The charges against Captain Hamzehluian, according to the Amnesty International report, were “mass murder” and “murder of the Muslim people.” According to the information provided through the electronic forms, he was found to a “corruptor on earth.”

The validity of the criminal charges brought against this defendant cannot be ascertained in the absence of the basic guarantees of a fair trial.

Evidence of guilt

No information is available on the evidence presented against the defendant.

Defense

According to an electronic form, Captain Hamzehluian was denied an attorney and had to act as his own attorney at the trial.

Judgment

According to the information provided through the electronic forms, Captain Hamzehluian was condemned to death. He was executed by a firing squad on June 1, 1979. His family learned about his execution from the news on the radio.

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