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One Person’s Story

Vahid Hemmat Boland

About

Age: 20
Nationality: Iran
Religion: Non-Believer
Civil Status: Single

Case

Date of Killing: July 12, 1981
Location of Killing: Evin Prison, Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Shooting
Charges: Unknown charge

About this Case

The information about Mr. Vahid Hematboland is based on an interview with his sister. He was born in 1961 and a sympathizer of the Fadaiyan Khalq Majority (Left Faction). His sister remembers him as a “kind young man who wanted freedom and happiness for the people.” He majored in mathematics and graduated high school with very good grades.

The Fadaiyan Khalq Organization, a Marxist Leninist group, inspired by the Cuban Revolution and the urban guerilla movements of Latin America, was founded in 1971 by two communist groups opposed to the Pahlavi regime. Following the 1979 Revolution, the Organization, which had renounced armed struggle, split over their support of the Islamic Republic and of the Soviet Union. The Fadaiyan Khalq Majority considered the Islamic Republic as a revolutionary and anti-imperialist regime and supported it. After the spring of 1983, however, the Islamic Republic targeted its members solely because of their political beliefs.

Arrest and detention

The circumstances of this defendant’s arrest and detention are not known. Mr. Vahid Hematboland left his house on June 23, 1981 and never returned. According to his sister, two of his friends came to his house and informed the family of his arrest the same afternoon. He was arrested as he handed out leaflets. He was held at the Committee on Pahlavi Street for two days and then transferred to Evin prison. He was held incommunicado for his entire detention period. State officials even denied that he was kept in Evin. Every time his mother went to Evin, hoping to be able to visit him, the prison officials insulted her and threatened that she might be arrested as well. She would cry and return home.

Trial

No information is available on the defendant’s trial.

Charges

No information is available on Mr. Vahid Hematboland’s charges.

Evidence of guilt

The report of this execution does not contain information regarding the evidence provided against the defendant.

Defense

No information is available about his defense.

Judgment

No specific information is available about the defendant’s execution. Mr. Vahid Hematboland was executed in Evin prison on July 12, 1981. His sister says: “we heard the news of his execution on the radio and read it in the newspapers. The same day, some officials, who claimed they came from Evin, told us that we were not allowed to have any burial ceremony. They buried him in the Khavaran cemetery and did not even return his belongings.” Ms. Hematboland says: “after the internment, we were not allowed to place a headstone for him. The put several of them, but each time they were shattered and destroyed.”

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