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One Person’s Story

Hedayatollah Sampur

About

Nationality: Iran
Religion: Presumed Muslim
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: August 8, 1980
Location of Killing: Dezful, Khuzestan Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Shooting
Charges: Murder of persons and/or killing Muslims or/and freedom fighters

About this Case

The execution of Mr. Hedayatollah Sampur was reported by the Pars News Agency correspondent in Ahvaz and published in the Jomhuri Eslami daily (August 9, 1980).

Arrest and detention

No information is available on the circumstances of Mr. Sampur’s arrest and detention.

Trial

The verdict was issued by the Islamic Revolutionary Tribunal of Dezful. The report did not provide any information about the trial.

Charges

Based on this report, Mr. Sampur was charged with “active participation as part of Dezful’s armored brigade (# 2) in suppressing the revolutionary combatants of Dezful and Andimeshk in Black Wednesday clashes [during the revolutionary turmoil of 1979], creating terror, and murdering one of the revolutionary combatants of Dezful by the name of Mahmud Besanjideh”.

Evidence of guilt

The report did not provide any specific information on the evidence presented against the defendant.

Defense

No information on the accuseds’ defense is available.

Judgment

He was executed in early morning.

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