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One Person’s Story

Mohammad Zaman Q.

About

Nationality: Iran
Religion: Presumed Muslim
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: 2003
Location of Killing: Central Prison, Kerman, Kerman Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Hanging
Charges: Drug trafficking; Armed robbery

About this Case

News of the execution of Mr. Mohammad Zaman Q. was published in the Khorasan newspaper on August 23, 2003, quoting the Public Relations Office of the Kerman Courthouse. His case was related to armed robbery, drug trafficking, and creating a gang.

Arrest and detention

The circumstances of Mr. Mohammad Zaman Q.’s arrest and detention are not known.

Trial

Branch Two of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Kerman tried Mr. Mohammad Zaman Q. No information is available on his trial.

Charges

The charges brought against Mr. Mohammad Zaman Q. were announced as “sedition and drug trafficking.” According to the report, by creating a gang, he disrupted the public peace, in addition to various seditious acts and drug trafficking.

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 authorities have brought trumped-up charges, including drug trafficking, sexual, and other criminal offences, against their opponents (including political, civil society activists, as well as unionists and ethnic and religious minorities). 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 Mr. Mohammad Zaman Q.

Defense

No information is available on Mr. Mohammad Zaman Q.’s defense.

Judgment

Branch Two of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Kerman condemned Mr. Mohammad Zaman Q. to death and the Supreme Court confirmed the ruling. He was hanged at the Kerman Central Prison yard in 2003. No specific information is available about this execution.

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