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One Person’s Story

Ja'far Rashidi

About

Age: 26
Nationality: Iran
Religion: Presumed Muslim
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: September 24, 1979
Location of Killing: Central Prison, Tabriz, Azarbaijan-e Sharqi Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Shooting
Charges: Homosexual rape

About this Case

The execution of Mr. Ja’far Rashidi, a worker at the Tabriz car factory and a resident of Azarshahr (East Azarbaijan Province), was reported by the correspondent of the Kayhan newspaper in Tabriz (September 25, 1979).

Arrest and detention

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

Trial

There is no information about the trial.

Charges

Mr. Rashidi was charged with “deluding a 13-year-old boy named Qanbar Ali Dara’i in Tehran two days ago and taking him to Azarshahr, where he and other men raped the youth.”

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

The Islamic Revolutionary Tribunal of Tabriz sentenced Mr. Rashidi to 100 lashes and death. He was shot by firing squad at 9:30 p.m. on September 24, 1979 in Tabriz. According to the newspaper, “the Islamic Revolutionary Tribunal condemned the deluded youth and the other two rapists to 100 and 80 lashes respectively.”

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