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One Person’s Story

Qodratollah Baqeri

About

Age: 25
Nationality: Iran
Religion: Unknown
Civil Status: Single

Case

Date of Killing: July 12, 1981
Location of Killing: Behshahr, Mazandaran Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Shooting

About this Case

The execution of Mr. Qodratollah Baqeri, a resident of Tir Tash, was reported in the Jomhuri-e Eslami daily along with that of 8 others in the towns of Sanandaj and Behshahr on July 13, 1981. This report mentions that Mr. Baqeri was a supporter of the "Mojahedin Khalq of Iran Organization or other such grouplets." This account, however, does not specify the group to which Mr. Baqeri belongs to.

This execution was also reported in an addendum to the Mojahed magazine (No 261), published by Mojahedin Khalq Organization in 1985. The list includes 12028 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.

Arrest and detention

The circumstances of this defendant’s arrest and detention are not known.

Trial

According to the newspaper report, Mr. Baqeri refused to reveal his identity during his detention and trial. No further information is available about this trial.

Charges

The report specifies that Mr. Baqeri and the four other convicts were charged with "threatening and intimidating Muslim people," "insulting the combatant clergy and the Islamic Republic," "repeated clashes with the people," "disseminating rumors and organizing demonstrations in favor of the impeached President Bani-Sadr, which demonstrations resulted in burning tires and throwing stones at security forces," "organizing secret political gatherings and team houses," "disturbing the mind of the youth by misleading them with wrong ideas," "distributing political leaflets and posters," "defending the political ideas of the People's Mojahedin Organization," "participating in disarming Revolutionary Guard brothers, and consistently opposing the Islamic Revolution."

Evidence of guilt

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

Defense

No information is available on Mr. Baqeri's defense.

Judgment

The Islamic Revolutionary Tribunal of Behshahr found Mr. Baqeri guilty of "corruption on earth" and "rebellion against God and the People". He was executed at dawn on July 12, 1981.

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