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One Person’s Story

Hava Barzegar

About

Age: 23
Nationality: Iran
Religion: Islam (Shi'a)
Civil Status: Married

Case

Date of Killing: October 12, 1981
Location of Killing: Qae'mshahr, Mazandaran Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Shooting
Charges: Counter revolutionary offense; Murder

About this Case

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

Additional information about Ms. Barzegar is taken from the Mojahedin Khalq Organization’s website. She was born in Qa’emshahr. She was a high school graduate and a sympathizer of the Mojahedin Khalq Organization. Ms. Barzegar was among the first students who had contacts with Mojahedin. After her graduation, she became a full time activist and was in charge of some of the Organization’s operational teams. Ms. Barzegar was executed along with another cellmate.

Arrest and detention

There is no specific information on the defendant’s arrest and detention. Ms. Barzegar was arrested in Qa’emshahr in the summer of 1981. She was detained in Puya School, which had been turned into a prison, for a month. According to the Mojahedin website, she was put under a great deal of pressure during this period because she was a well-known activist within the Mojahedin.

Trial

No information is available on the defendant’s trial.

Charges

No information is available on Ms. Barzegar’s primary charges. According to the Mojahedin website, Ms. Barzegar was charged in prison for “attacking the head of the prison”. She allegedly did this using a knife she had taken from the prison kitchen a few days before.

Evidence of guilt

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

Defense

No information is available on Ms. Barzegar's defense.

Judgment

No specific information is available about this execution. Ms. Barzegar was executed on October 12, 1981. The officials did not allow her family to bury her in a public cemetery. Her family had to wash her body at home and bury her in their yard.

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