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One Person’s Story

Gita Dehqan

About

Age: 19
Nationality: Iran
Religion: Islam (Shi'a)
Civil Status: Single

Case

Date of Killing: August 4, 1982
Location of Killing: Central Prison (Dizelabad), Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Shooting
Charges: Unknown charge

About this Case

Ms. Gita Dehqan, a supporter of the Mojahedin Khalq Organization, is one of the 12028 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 the Islamic Republic security forces from June 1981 to the publication date of the magazine.

Further information regarding this execution was sent to Omid via an electronic form by a person familiar with this case.

Arrest and detention

According to the form, Ms. Dehqan was arrested on September 16, 1981 at around 4 am at her house in the city of Kermanshah. She was told by the Revolutionary Guards that she was being taken in for some questioning. She was, however, detained and imprisoned at the Dizel Abad Prison in Kermanshah.

Ms. Dehqan was detained for 11 months and was not allowed visitation for the first 3 months. Some of her subsequent visitation times with her family were reportedly cancelled by the authorities. During the visitations she had told her family that the prison authorities never questioned her, instead they intimidated her whenever she requested to know the reason for her detainment. Ms. Dehqan had no access to an attorney and was not made aware of the charges brought against her.

Trial

Based on the information on the form, Ms. Dehqan did not have a trial.

Charges

The charges against Ms. Dehqan are not known.

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 Ms. Dehqan's defense. According to the information on the form, she was not a member of the MKO and only supported them verbally.

Judgment

The details of Ms. Dehqan’s sentencing are not available. She was executed by a firing squad at the Dizel Abad Prison on August 4, 1982.

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