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One Person’s Story

Eskandar Azadeh

About

Nationality: Iran
Religion: Islam
Civil Status: Single

Case

Date of Killing: October 25, 1981
Location of Killing: Bushehr, Bushehr Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Shooting
Charges: Counter revolutionary opinion and/or speech

About this Case

Mr. Eskandar Azadeh 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. Additional information has been sent to Omid by an individual familiar with this case via an electronic form. Mr. Azadeh was a high school student and a sympathizer of the Mojahedin Khalq Organization.

Arrest and detention

The circumstances of this defendant’s arrest and detention are not known, other than he was arrested in 1981 in Bandar-e Dayer (Bushehr province).

Trial

According to the available information, Mr. Azadeh was tried and condemned one year imprisonment. However, Ayatollah Khalkhali re-tried him in Bushehr prison.

Charges

Mr. Azadeh was charged with sympathizing with the Mojahedin Khalq Organization.

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. Azadeh’s defense.

Judgment

Ayatollah Khalkhali condemned Mr. Eskandar Azadeh to death. He was shot by a firing squad in Bushehr on October 25, 1981.

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