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One Person’s Story

Shokrollah Kiani

About

Nationality: Iran
Religion: Presumed Muslim
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: May 30, 1984
Location of Killing: Nahavand, Hamedan Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Unspecified execution method
Charges: Unspecified offense; Drug trafficking

About this Case

The execution of Mr. Shokrollah Kiani, along with 19 others, was announced by the public relations officer of the Islamic Revolution’s Public Prosecutor’s Office in Nahavand and reported in the Jomhuri Eslami Daily on May 31, 1984.

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. Thousands of alleged drug traffickers have been sentenced to death following judicial processes that fail to meet international standards. The exact number of people convicted based on trumped-up charges is unknown

Arrest and detention

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

Trial

No information is available on the defendant’s trial.

Charges

According to this report, Mr.Kiani was charged with “participation in an international opium-trafficking gang, transporting 1050 kg of opium from Afghanistan, smuggling two large packages of opium, selling 20 kg of opium once as well as having a record of supplying and distributing narcotics and hooliganism.”

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. Kiani’s defense.

Judgment

The Anti-Narcotics Islamic Revolutionary Tribunal of Tehran sentenced Mr. Kiani to death. Having been confirmed by the Islamic Revolution’s Supreme Court, the sentence was carried out in the morning.

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