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One Person’s Story

Safar Ali Eskandari

About

Nationality: Iran
Religion: Presumed Muslim
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: May 4, 1981
Location of Killing: Central Prison, Tabriz, Azarbaijan-e Sharqi Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Shooting
Charges: Homosexual act

About this Case

Little is known about Mr. Eskandari, except the fact that he was executed for having sex with another man in prison.

The execution of Mr. Safar Ali Eskandari, son of Akbar, along with Mr. Ebadollah Ebadi, was announced in the Kayhan newspaper on May 5, 1981 and the Enqelab Eslami newspaper on May 6.

Arrest and detention

The circumstances of this defendant’s arrest and detention are not known.

Trial

No information is available on the defendant’s trial other than he was tried at the Islamic Revolutionary Tribunal of Tabriz.

Charges

The charge brought against Mr. Eskandari was “sodomy.”

The validity of the criminal charges brought against this defendant cannot be ascertained in the absence of the basic guarantees of a fair trial. International human rights organizations have drawn attention to reports indicating that the Islamic Republic’s authorities have brought trumped-up charges against their political opponents and executed them for drug trafficking, sexual, and other criminal offences. The exact number of people convicted based on trumped-up charges is unknown.

Evidence of guilt

According to the newspaper reports, the evidence against him consisted of “his own confessions, and the testimony of the witnesses, and a physician.”

Defense

No information is available on his defense.

Judgment

According to the newspaper, the two individuals “who had been imprisoned due to one count of manslaughter, were charged with the act of sodomy… and condemned to death.” This incident is also reported by Kayhan. Mr. Safar Ali Eskandari, along his co-defendant, was executed by a firing squad on May 4, 1981 in Tabriz.

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