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One Person’s Story

Hossein Esfahanian Fard

About

Age: 43
Nationality: Iran
Religion: Unknown
Civil Status: Married

Case

Date of Killing: May 8, 1979
Location of Killing: Tehran Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Shooting
Charges: Corruption on earth; Mass murder; Unspecified anti-revolutionary offense; War on God, God's Prophet and the deputy of the Twelfth Imam

About this Case

Kayhan Daily reported Mr. Hossein Esfahanian Fard’s execution on 8 May 1979. Also a witness sent an E-form to the Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation (ABF) about this case.

Arrest and detention

The circumstances of Mr. Esfahanian Fard’s arrest and detention are not known.

Trial

Mr. Esfahanian Fard’s was tried by one of the branches of Tehran Revolutionary Tribunals. No further details are available with this regard.

Charges

The charges that were brought against Mr. Esfahanian Fard individually are not known, but Kayhan Daily reported the charges of all the 20 defendants who were tried on the same date as: “waging war on God and the deputy of the Twelfth Imam and defaming the Imam; torture and cruelty and persecution of people; and participation in mass killings of people.”

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

No information is available concerning the evidence presented against Mr. Esfahanian Fard.

Defense

No information is available concerning Mr. Esfahanian Fard’s defense, and it is not clear if he enjoyed the minimum standards of due process of law such as access to a lawyer, etc.

Judgment

The Revolutionary Tribunal of Tehran found Mr. Esfahanian Fard guilty of “corruption on earth” and sentenced him to death. This verdict was carried out at 5 a.m. on 8 May 1979 along with 20 other verdicts by firing squad (Kayhan). According to the ABF E-form, his body is buried in Section 41 of Behesht Zahra (Tehran’s cemetery) and unknown individuals have broken his gravestone with a pickaxe.

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