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One Person’s Story

Unknown

About

Age: 40
Nationality: Iran
Religion: Unknown
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: June 6, 2016
Location of Killing: Central Prison (Vakilabad Prison), Mashhad, Khorasan\Khorasan-e Razavi Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Hanging
Charges: Drug trafficking

About this Case

The execution of an unknown person, along with two other people, was reported by Rokna Website (June 7, 2016).

This unknown person was 40 years old and his case was related to illegal drugs crimes.

Arrest and detention

The circumstances of the unknown person’s arrest and detention are not known.

Trial

Branch 1 of the Islamic Revolutionary Prosecution Office of Mashhad tried this unknown person.  However, no information is available on his trial.

Charges

The charge brought against the unknown person was “transporting illegal drugs”.

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 Islamic Republic authorities have brought trumped-up charges against their political opponents and executed them for alleged drug trafficking, sexual, and other criminal offences. 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 proscribed 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 this unknown person’s defense.

Judgment

Branch 1 of the Islamic Revolutionary Prosecution Office of Mashhad sentenced this unknown person to death by hanging.  He was executed, along with two other people, in Mashhad Central Prison, on June 6, 2016.

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