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One Person’s Story

B. K.

About

Age: 21
Nationality: Iran
Religion: Presumed Muslim
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: August 22, 2005
Location of Killing: Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Hanging
Charges: Rape; Robbery

About this Case

The news of the execution of an individual whose name is reported as B. K. and three others was published in the web editions of the Jomhuri Eslami newspaper on August 20, 2005 and the Jamejam newspaper on August 22.

Arrest and detention

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

Trial

No information is available on the defendant’s trial. According to the Jomhuri Eslami report, the court judgment issued on August 18, 2005 and the Supreme Court approved it.

Charges

According to the reports, the defendant and his friend entered a house in Chahestan quarter of Bandar Abbas, robbed the valuables and, raped a woman.

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. Each year, Iranian authorities sentence to death hundreds of alleged common criminals, following judicial processes that fail to meet international standards. The exact number of people convicted based on trumped-up charges is unknown.

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 the defense.

Judgment

According to Jomhuri Eslami, the Prosecutor of the Bandar Abbas revolutionary and ordinary courts announced that Mr. B. K. was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, 74 lashes, and execution in public. He was hanged in public in Bandar Abbas on August 22, 2005.

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