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One Person’s Story

Farkhondeh Raja'i

About

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

Case

Date of Killing: November 1, 1981
Location of Killing: Evin Prison, Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Shooting
Charges: Unknown charge

About this Case

Ms. Farkhondeh Raja’i is one of the 12,028 individuals listed in an addendum to the Mojahed magazine (No 261), published by Mojahedin Khalq Organization on September 6, 1985. The list includes individuals, affiliated with various opposition groups, who were either executed or killed during clashes with the Islamic Republic security forces from June 20, 1981 to the publication date of the magazine.

Additional information about Ms. Farkhondeh Raja’i was taken from the website of the Mojahedin Khalq Organization. She was a university student majoring in pharmacy. She had joined the Mojahedin Organization after the 1979 Revolution and was active in the Muslim Student Association at the University of Tehran. Ms. Raja’i had been injured in a demonstration, prior to the June 20, 1981 demonstrations, but had managed to escape.

The demonstrations on June 20, 1981, took place in protest against the Parliament’s efforts to dismiss the president Banisadr, the rejection of Mojahedin Khalq Organization candidates, and the prohibition of their participation in politics, Ayatollah Khomeini’s decision not to meet with Mojahedin and his insistence for their disarmament. The Mojahedin Khalq Organization had supported the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini and had tried to be a part of the new political system until June 20, 1981, when they changed their policy and tried to overthrow the regime by organizing mass demonstrations all over the country. The severe suppression of these demonstrations resulted in the killing of dozens as well as a wave of mass arrests and attacks by the Revolutionary Guards and militants groups that went on for months. The intensity of the suppression was unprecedented in the history of the Islamic Republic and became the official policy of the government.

Arrest and detention

There is no specific information on the defendant’s arrest and detention. Ms. Raja’i was arrested in the July 1981, and according to the Mojahedin’s website, she was tortured while in detention.

Trial

No information is available on the defendant’s trial.

Charges

No information is available on Ms. Raja’i’s charges.

Evidence of guilt

The report of this execution contains no evidence provided against the defendant.

Defense

No information is available on Ms. Raja’i’s defense.

Judgment

No specific information is available about this execution. Ms. Raja’i was executed at Evin Prison on November 1, 1981.

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