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One Person’s Story

Haman Shafi'i

About

Nationality: Iran
Religion: Non-Believer
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: August 15, 1981
Location of Killing: Evin Prison, Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Shooting
Charges: Working with or for a foreign power; Assault and battery; Attempt to assassinate or assassination of state dignitaries; Living in safe houses; Membership of anti-regime guerilla group; Sympathizing with anti-regime guerilla groups; Murder

About this Case

Mr. Haman Shafi’i, a Fadayian Khalq Guerrilla Organization supporter, is also 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 the Islamic Republic security forces from June 1981 to the publication date of the magazine.

The Fadayian Khalq Guerrilla Organization, a Marxist Leninist group inspired by the Cuban Revolution and the urban guerrilla movements of Latin America, was founded in 1971 by two communist groups opposed to the Pahlavi regime. Following the 1979 revolution, the Organization, which had renounced armed struggle, split over their support of the Islamic Republic and of the Soviet Union. A number of the Organization’s members, who did not renounce armed struggle, founded the group the Fadayian Khalq Guerrillas (Ashraf Dehqani Branch).

Arrest and detention

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

Trial

According to the Central Islamic Revolutionary Tribunal’s communiqué, the Central Islamic Revolutionary Tribunal issued the sentences for Mr. Shafi’i and 18 other individuals. No information is available on the Mr. Shafi’i’s trial.

Charges

The Central Islamic Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office communiqué announced the following charges against Mr. Shafi’i and 18 other individuals “waging war on God and His Prophet,” “supporting anti-people grouplets,” “attacking innocent civilians and assault, battery and murder of the same,” “living in safe houses,” “acting to overthrow the Islamic Republic,” “planning the assassination of state dignitaries,” and “attempting to implement the plans of world imperialism, particularly America.” This communiqué referred to the executed individuals as those “waging war on God and the Prophet.” According to this communiqué, the only charge specific to Mr. Shafi’i was the following: “member of the American grouplet of Ashraf Dehqan”.

Evidence of guilt

The report of this execution does not contain information regarding the evidence provided against Mr. Shafi’i.

Defense

No information is available on Mr. Shafi’i’s defense.

Judgment

The Central Islamic Revolutionary Tribunal sentenced Mr. Shafi’i to death. Mr. Shafi’i was executed by a firing squad on August 15, 1981.

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