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One Person’s Story

Manuchehr Tehrani

About

Age: 24
Nationality: Iran
Religion: Non-Believer

Case

Date of Killing: July 7, 1981
Location of Killing: Nowshahr, Mazandaran Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Shooting
Charges: Corruption on earth; Participating in an anti-regime demonstration; War on God, God's Prophet and the deputy of the Twelfth Imam

About this Case

News of the execution of Mr. Manuchehr Tehrani, son of Asghar, along with five others, was published in theKayhan newspaper on July 8, 1981. The Islamic Revolutionary Court of Noshahr and Chalus issued an announcement concerning these executions, the defendants' names, and their charges, and released it to the media.

Mr. Manuchehr Tehrani is one of the 430 individuals whose names appear on the list of “Martyrs of the Peykar Organization for the Liberation of the Working Class” published on the website of Andeesheh va Peykar. This list contains the names of those members of the organization who died after the revolution of 1979. More than 400 of the individuals on this list have been executed.

Mr. Manuchehr Tehrani is one of the 12,028 individuals listed in an addendum to the Mojahed magazine (No 261), published by the Mojahedin Khalq Organization on September 6, 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.

The Peykar Organization for the Liberation of the Working Class was founded by a number of dissident members of the Mojahedin Khalq Organization who had converted to Marxism-Leninism. Peykar was also joined by a number of political organizations, known as Khat-e Se (Third line). The founding tenets of Peykar included the rejection of guerrilla struggle and a strong stand against the pro-Soviet policies of the Iranian Tudeh Party. Peykar viewed the Soviet Union as a "Social imperialist" state, believed that China had deviated from the Marxist-Leninist principles, and radically opposed all factions of the Islamic regime of Iran. The brutal repression of dissidents by the Iranian government and splits within Peykar in 1981 and 1982 effectively dismantled the Organization and scattered its supporters. By the mid-1980s, Peykar was no longer in existence.

Arrest and detention

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

Trial

No information is available on the defendant’s trial.

Charges

The Islamic Revolutionary Court of Noshahr and Chalus announced the charges against Mr. Manuchehr Tehrani as, “participation in demonstrations for overthrowing [the government] and clashes in Gonbad, Siahkal, Langrud, and Kordestan, and intense activity against the Islamic Republic regime.”

The validity of the criminal charges brought against this defendant cannot be ascertained in the absence of the basic guarantees of a fair trial.

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. Manuchehr Tehrani's defense.

Judgment

The Islamic Revolutionary Court of Noshahr and Chalus idendified Mr. Manuchehr Tehrani as, “Mofsed (corruptor on Earth), Mohareb (fighter), and Mortad (apostate).” He was condemned to death. The Supreme Judicial Council confirmed the ruling. The ruling was carried out in Noshahr or Chalus on July 6, 1981 at night. No specific information is available about the defendant’s execution.

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