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One Person’s Story

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About

Nationality: Iran
Religion: Unknown
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: 2010
Location of Killing: Qom, Markazi Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Hanging
Charges: Drug trafficking

About this Case

News of the execution of an unknown individual, along with seven others, was published on the websites of Fars news agency and IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) on January 1, 2011, quoting the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Qom.

Arrest and Detention

There is no specific information on the defendant’s arrest and detention. According to the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Qom, these defendants were arrested in 2010.

Trial

No information is available on the defendant’s trial. This trial took place in the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Qom.

Charges

The charge against the defendant was announced as "dealing narcotics."

The validity of the criminal charges brought against the 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 Islamic Republic authorities have brought trumped-up charges against their political opponents and executed them for alleged 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. Scores of them were executed based on a 1989 law imposing mandatory death sentences on drug traffickers found in possession of specified amounts of proscribed narcotics (5 kg of hashish or opium, and more than 30 grams of heroin, codeine or methadone). The exact number of people convicted based on trumped-up charges is unknown.

Evidence of Guilt

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

Defence

No information is available on the defendant’s defence.

Judgment

The court condemned the defendant to death and the ruling was confirmed by the General Public Prosecutor. He requested pardon, twice, and it was twice rejected. The defendant was hanged at the Central Prison in Qom a week before the report was published.

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