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One Person’s Story

Farzaneh Samadi

About

Age: 26
Nationality: Iran
Religion: Non-Believer
Civil Status: Single

Case

Date of Killing: July 4, 1981
Location of Killing: Evin Prison, Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Shooting
Charges: Actively opposing the Islamic Republic; Counter revolutionary opinion and/or speech; Apostasy

About this Case

News of the execution of Ms. Farzaneh Samadi, daughter of Reza, along with twenty-two others, was published in the Kayhan and Jomhuri Eslami newspapers on July 7, 1981. The Public Relations Department of the Central Public Prosecutor’s Office issued an announcement concerning these executions, the defendants' names, and their charges, and released it to the news agencies. An article about her was published in the Peykar publication, number 122, on October 12, 1981. Her name is mentioned on the list of “Martyrs of the Peykar Organization for the Liberation of the Working Class” published on the website of Andeesheh va Peykar, as well as the list of 12,028 individuals, published in an addendum to the Mojahed magazine (No 261), by the Mojahedin Khalq Organization on September 6, 1985. The latter 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.

Ms. Samadi began her political activities with the Peykar Organization in 1980. She was a member of The Red Cell, a group of sympathizers of the Peykar organization in Kashan. As a teacher, she propagated the Organization’s views among the young students and others.

The Peykar Organization for the Liberation of the Working Class was founded by a number of dissident members of the Mojahedin Khalq Organization who had converted to Marxism-Leninism. Peykar was also joined by a number of political organizations, known as Khat-e Se (Third line). The founding tenets of Peykar included the rejection of guerrilla struggle and a strong stand against the pro-Soviet policies of the Iranian Tudeh Party. Peykar viewed the Soviet Union as a "Social imperialist" state, believed that China had deviated from the Marxist-Leninist principles, and radically opposed all factions of the Islamic regime of Iran. The brutal repression of dissidents by the Iranian government and splits within Peykar in 1981 and 1982 effectively dismantled the Organization and scattered its supporters. By the mid-1980s, Peykar was no longer in existence.

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.

Charges

The Public Relations Department of the Central Public Prosecutor’s Office announced the charges against Mr. Farzaneh Samadi as "action against the Islam Republic Regime, activity to overthrow this regime, deceiving and misleading small and ignorant children, having a record of criminal activity against the Islamic Republic, and apostasy.”

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 Ms. Samadi's defense.

Judgment

َThe Islamic Revolutionary Court of Kashan identified Ms. Samadi as "a corruptor on earth, an enemy of God and a rebel." She was condemned to death. She was executed by firing squad in Evin prison on July 5, 1981. The court considered Ms. Samadi as apostate and prevented the burial of her body in the Muslim cemetery. She was buried in the non- Muslim cemetery without proper ceremonies.

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