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One Person’s Story

Ali Tabe' Ma'tuqi

About

Age: 23
Nationality: Iran
Religion: Presumed Muslim
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: October 15, 2002
Location of Killing: Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Hanging

About this Case

News of the execution of Mr. Ali Tabe’ Ma’tuqi was published in the Iran and Jomhuri Eslami newspapers on October 16, 2002.

Arrest and detention

The circumstances of Mr. Tabe’ Ma’tuqi’s arrest and detention are not known.

Trial

No information is available on Mr. Tabe’ Ma’tuqi’s trial.

Charges

The charges brought against Mr. Tabe’ Ma’tuqi were announced as “robbery and rape.” According to the Jomhuri Eslami newspaper, quoting the Head of Khuzestan Courthouse, Mr. Tabe’ Ma’tuqi and another person had kidnapped a woman using a car at the Sepidar District in Ahvaz in March of 2002. They stole her belongings after raping her.

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

According to the statement by the Head of Khuzestan Courthouse, the evidence provided against Mr. Tabe’ Ma’tuqi was his confession to several robberies and a complaint regarding a rape.

International human rights organizations have repeatedly condemned the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran for its systematic use of severe torture and solitary confinement to obtain confessions from detainees and have questioned the authenticity of confessions obtained under duress.

Defense

No information is available on Mr. Tabe’ Ma’tuqi’s defense.

Judgment

According to the Head of Khuzestan Courthouse, Mr. Ali Tabe’ Ma’tuqi was condemned to death based on Articles 652, 621, Section D of Articles 82 and 64, and Articles 13, 47, and 2 of the Islamic Penal Code. The ruling was carried out at the location of the crime at the Sepidar District in Ahvaz when he was hanged in public at dawn on October 15, 2002.  

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