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One Person’s Story

Ameneh Timaji

About

Age: 24
Nationality: Iran
Religion: Islam (Shi'a)
Civil Status: Single

Case

Date of Killing: December 27, 1981
Location of Killing: Evin Prison, Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Unspecified execution method
Charges: Membership of anti-regime guerilla group

About this Case

Ms. Ameneh Timaji, a member of the Mojahedin Khalq Organization, is one of the 12028 individuals listed in an addendum to the Mojahed magazine (No 261), published by Mojahedin Khalq Organization in 1985. The list includes individuals, affiliated with various opposition groups, who were executed or killed during clashes with the Islamic Republic security forces from June 1981 to the publication date of the magazine.

Ms. Timaji is also one of the 1533 executed prisoners listed by the Association of Iranian Women of Köln (Germany). The list published in 1997 is entitled: "A partial list of names of women executed by the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Further information regarding this execution was sent to Omid via an electronic form by a person familiar with the case. Ms. Timaji was an electronic engineering student at the Sharif University in Tehran. She was also involved in the operational unit of Mojahedin Khalq Organization.

Arrest and detention

Based on the information present on the form, Ms. Timaji was arrested at around 8 p.m. on November 30, 1981, at Iran Street, in Tehran. Her family was not notified of her arrest. She was detained at the Evin Prison and denied legal counsel and visitation. Further details of this defendant’s detention are not known.

Trial

No information is available on the defendant’s trial.

Charges

According to the form, Ms. Timaji was charged with “working with the armed forces of the Mojahedin Khalq Organization.”

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

The report of this execution does not contain information regarding the evidence provided against the defendant.

Defense

No information is available on Ms. Timaji's defense.

Judgment

No specific information regarding the death sentence is available. Ms. Timaji was executed at Evin Prison on her 24th birthday, December 27, 1981.

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