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One Person’s Story

Hushang Amirpur

About

Age: 27
Nationality: Iran
Religion: Non-Believer
Civil Status: Married

Case

Date of Killing: July 18, 1984
Location of Killing: Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Shooting
Charges: Unknown charge

About this Case

Information about Mr. Hushang Amirpur has been taken from an electronic form sent to Omid by an individual familiar with this case. Mr. Amirpur is also 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.

According to the form, Mr. Amirpur, a teacher and a member of the Confederation of Iranian Students, returned to Iran in 1979. He started a newspaper, which was published for 2 or 3 years. His pregnant wife was arrested and their child was born in prison. According to Mojahed, Mr. Amirpur was affiliated with the Ranjbaran Party.

The Confederation of Iranian Students, National Union, (CISNU) was the outcome of a 1962 merger of Iranian students’ associations formed a couple of years earlier in Europe and the United States with the aim of promoting cooperation, strengthening students groups, and informing them of their rights and obligations. The Confederation was composed mainly of members or sympathizers of the National Front and the Tudeh. During the first years of its activities, the organization’s leadership was dominated by the National Front supporters. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Confederation became a significant opposition force outside Iran, bringing media visibility to political prisoners and repression in Iran. In 1971, the Iranian government declared the CISNU illegal. The Confederation radicalized progressively and by the mid-1970s, it was dominated by pro-guerrilla student organizations. Its new Charter (1975) explicitly called for the overthrow of the Shah’s regime. After the Islamic Revolution most of its members returned to Iran.

The Ranjbaran Party of Iran was established, in Tehran, by a number of Marxist groups and parties in late December 1979. The founders of Ranjbaran were Marxist – Leninist and followers of Mao Tse-Tung’s school of thought. They opposed the USA and the USSR and supported Ruhollah Khomeini as an anti-imperialist leader. During the massive repression of 1981, the party was banned and its leaders were executed. Its publication, Ranjbar, is occasionally published outside Iran since 1981.

Arrest and detention

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

Trial

There is no information regarding this trial.

Charges

The charges brought against the defendant are not known.

Evidence of guilt

No information is available concerning the evidence presented against the accused.

Defense

No information is available concerning Mr. Amirpur’s defense.

Judgment

No specific information is available about the verdict leading to this execution. According to Mojahed, Mr. Hushang Amirpur was shot by a firing squad on July 18, 1984 in Tehran.

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