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One Person’s Story

Hossein Gholami

About

Nationality: Iran
Religion: Non-Believer
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: Unknown
Location of Killing: Aghajari, Khuzestan Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Shooting

About this Case

Mr. Hossein Gholami is one of the 12,028 individuals listed in an addendum to the Mojahed magazine (No 261), published by Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) on September 6, 1985. The list includes individuals, affiliated with various opposition groups, who were executed or killed during clashes with the Islamic Republic security forces from June 1981 to the publication date of the magazine.

The information about Mr. Hossein Gholami is taken from the book Our Martyrs for Freedom and Socialism by Rah-e Kargar Publications. He was a sympathizer of the Revolutionary Workers Organization of Iran, Rah-e Kargar.

"Rah-e Kargar" or the "Revolutionary Workers Organization of Iran" was established in the summer of 1979. The Organization was founded by individuals from various leftist groups who rejected the idea of armed struggle and believed in political action. They identified themselves as Marxist-Leninists, promoting a socialist revolution and the leadership of the proletariat. They differed with the pro-Soviet communist party, Tudeh, in that they opposed the Islamic Republic and Ayatollah Khomeini's leadership.

Arrest and detention

The circumstances of this defendant's arrest and detention are unknown.

Trial

No information is available on the defendant's trial.

Charges

No information is available on Mr. Hossein Gholami's charges.

The validity of the criminal charges brought against this defendant cannot be ascertained in the absence of the basic guarantees of a fair trial.

Evidence of guilt

The report of this execution contains no evidence provided against the defendant.

Defense

No information is available about his defense.

Judgment

No specific information is available about the defendant’s execution. According to the MKO list, Mr. Hossein Gholami was executed by a firing squad in Aghajari.

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