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One Person’s Story

Javad Tokhmafshan

About

Age: 20
Nationality: Iran
Religion: Presumed Muslim
Civil Status: Single

Case

Date of Killing: November 3, 1981
Location of Killing: Kermanshah Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Shooting
Charges: Unknown charge

About this Case

Mr. Javad Tokhmafshan, son of Seifollah, 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.

Additional information has been drawn from an electronic form and interview with an individual familiar with this case. He was born to a farmer family in Kermanshah. He was a member of the Mojahedin Khalq Organization.

Arrest and detention

According to the available information, Mr. Tokhmafshan was arrested in 1981 while riding a motorcycle along with his friends as he was carrying something. The sender of the form stated that he may have been carrying explosives at the time of arrest. Mr. Tokhmafshan was detained at Dizelabad prison in Kermanshah and reportedly had been severely tortured in a way that marks of torture could be observed on his body.

Trial

No information is available on the defendant’s trial.

Charges

No information is available about the charges brought against Mr. Tokhmafshan.

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 Mr. Tokhmafshan's defense.

Judgment

No information is available about the verdict leading to this execution. Mr. Javad Tokhmafshan was executed in Kermanshah on November 3, 1981.

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