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One Person’s Story

Sirus Bavand

About

Age: 22
Nationality: Iran
Religion: Non-Believer
Civil Status: Single

Case

Date of Killing: July 5, 1981
Location of Killing: Sari, Mazandaran Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Shooting
Charges: Actively opposing the Islamic Republic; Living in safe houses; Membership of anti-regime guerilla group; Participating in clashes with revolutionary guards and or Bassij brothers

About this Case

The news of the execution of Mr. Sorush Bavand and two other individuals was announced in a communiqué by the Sari Islamic Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office published in Ettela’at on July 7, 1981.

Mr. Bavand, 22, and a supporter of the Fadayian Khalgh Guerrilla Organization is also one of the 12,028 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.

The Fadayian Khalq Guerrilla Organization, a Marxist Leninist group inspired by the Cuban Revolution and the urban guerrilla movements of Latin America, was founded in 1971 by two communist groups opposed to the Pahlavi regime. Following the 1979 revolution, the Organization, which had renounced armed struggle, split over their support of the Islamic Republic and of the Soviet Union. A number of the Organization’s members, who did not renounce armed struggle, founded the group the Fadayian Khalq Guerrillas (Ashraf Dehqani Branch).

Arrest and detention

The circumstances of Mr. Bavand’s arrest and detention are not known.

Trial

No information is available on Mr. Bavand’s trial.

Charges

Mr. Bavand was charged with “establishing a safe house, acting against the Islamic Republic of Iran, assault and battery of a Revolutionary Guard, and direct contact with the upper level of his organization.”

Evidence of guilt

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

Defense

No information is available on Mr. Bavand’s defense.

Judgment

. The Sari Islamic Revolutionary Tribunal found Mr. Bavand guilty of rebellion, corruption on earth and waging war on God, and sentenced him to death. He was executed by a firing squad on July 5, 1981 in the Sari Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps base. Mr. Bavand was 22 years old at the time of his execution.

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