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One Person’s Story

Ahmad Teimuri Gorgani

About

Nationality: Iran
Religion: Non-Believer
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: January 25, 1983
Location of Killing: Evin Prison, Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Shooting

About this Case

The execution of Mr. Ahmad Teimuri Gorgani, a member of the Ettehadieh Komonist-ha, along with 21 others, was reported in the Jomhuri Eslami daily on January 27, 1983. The report quotes the public relations of the Islamic Revolution’s Public Prosecutor’s Office in Tehran. The information about his charges and defenses was published in the same newspaper on January 11, 1983.

This execution was also reported in an addendum to the Mojahed magazine (No 261), published by Mojahedin Khalq Organization in 1985. The list includes 12028 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 Ettehadieh Komonist-ha (the Union of Communists of Iran) was created by exiled opponents of the Pahlavi regime who mostly belonged to the Student Confederation. They followed the teachings of Mao Tse-Tung and did not believe in guerilla warfare. The group became marked by ideological divides during the periods preceding and following the 1979 revolution which caused it to split into several factions. One of the most important rifts was triggered by the decision by a number of members to take up arms and take over a city in Iran. The uprising plan, devised in the midst of an active and violent anti-communist campaign by the revolutionary Islamic government, split the Union in two factions: one supporting the armed movement and the other opposing it.

In the winter of 1982, armed members of the Union hid in a forest in the North of Iran (Jangal in Farsi) outside the city of Amol. This group, also known as the Sarbedaran-e Jangal, was involved in several clashes with the Revolutionary guards and ultimately, on January 26, attacked the city of Amol hoping to generate a general uprising. The attempt to seize Amol failed. It is reported that a number of the group’s members, revolutionary guards, and civilians were killed during the Amol clash. Subsequently, members of the Union, including those who opposed the Amol uprising, were arrested and tried for belonging to the organization and for having participated in the Amol clash

Arrest and detention

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

Trial

According to this report Mr. Goltapeh was tried along with 28 to 29 others between January 9th and 15th, 1983. The trial took place at the 1st division of the Islamic Revolutionary Public Prosecutor’s Office in Tehran with Ayatollah Mohammadi Gilani as the residing judge.

Charges

Mr. Teimuri Gorgani’s indictment was read to him by Asadollah Lajevardi, Tehran’s Public Prosecutor. The text of this indictment is as follows: “being a member in the Union of Communists of Iran (Sarbedaran-e Jangal) and being active in a group involved in identifying places for establishing the camps of this organization in the forest.” His other charges were “participation in a clash on November 9 in which he carried a firearm, participation in a clash on November 13 in which he was guarding and lying in ambush between the camps in the middle and lower parts of the forest and participation in the preliminary measures in the forest such as carrying equipments and food from the road to outside the forest.”

He was also charged with “participation in organizational meetings in Tehran after residing in the forest for 3 months with other members of the organization and having organizational relationships with the members in the forest, as well as other agents of the organization until July 1982.” Besides, “he had sent his picture and a copy of his ID card to the high-ranking members of the organization in order to forge a military service completion card…, and was active in the propaganda arm of the organization; i.e. distributing pamphlets early mornings, sticking tracts, writing slogans and distributing publications such as ‘Haqiqat’.

Evidence of guilt

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

Defense

The report does not contain the text of Mr. Teimuri Gorgani's defense. It mentions that he blamed his wrongdoings on “his youth, ignorance, and lack of experience.”

Judgment

The 1st division of the Islamic Revolutionary Public Prosecutor’s Office in Tehran sentenced Mr. Teimuri Gorgani to death. The sentence was carried out at 9 pm.

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