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One Person’s Story

Abdolhamid Moradi

About

Nationality: Iran
Religion: Presumed Muslim
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: April 19, 2016
Location of Killing: Central Prison (Darya), Orumieh, Azarbaijan-e Gharbi Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Hanging
Charges: Drug related offense

About this Case

The execution of Mr. Abdolhamid Moradi, and three other people* on April 19, 2016, was reported by HRANA News Service.

Mr Abdolhamid Moradi, son of Safy’eddin, was from Sooma, Baradoost, in the vicinity of Orumieh.  His case has to do with illegal drugs.

Arrest and detention

The circumstances of his arrest and detention are not known.  Mr. Moradi spent approximately four and a half years in prison.

Trial

No information is available on Mr. Moradi’s trial.

Charges

According to available information, the charge brought against Mr. Moradi had to do with seven kilograms heroin.  There is no detailed information on his charges.

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 authorities have brought trumped-up charges, including drug trafficking, sexual, and other criminal offences, against their opponents (including political, civil society activists, as well as unionists and ethnic and religious minorities). Thousands of alleged drug traffickers have been sentenced to death following judicial processes that fail to meet international standards. Scores of them were executed based on a 1989 law imposing mandatory death sentences on drug traffickers found in possession of specified amounts of prescribed narcotics (5 kg of hashish or opium, and more than 30 grams of heroin, codeine or methadone). 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 Mr. Moradi's defense.

International human rights organizations have repeatedly condemned the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran for its systematic use of severe torture and solitary confinement to obtain confessions from detainees and have questioned the authenticity of confessions obtained under duress.

Judgment

The court sentenced Mr. Abdolhamid Moradi to death by hanging.  Mr. Moradi, and three other defendants, were executed on Tuesday April 19, 2016, in Orumieh Prison.

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Messers: Manuchehr Razani, Ahmad Nami, and Alireza Sarebani

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