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One Person’s Story

Rahim Soleimani

About

Age: 60
Nationality: Iran
Religion: Presumed Muslim
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: February 16, 2015
Location of Killing: Central Prison (Darya), Orumieh, Azarbaijan-e Gharbi Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Hanging
Charges: Drug trafficking

About this Case

News of the execution of Mr. Rahim Soleimani, along with four others, was published on the websites of Kurdpa and Mafnews on February 16, 2015.

Mr. Soleimani, son of Zobeid, was a Kurd from the Hursin Village near Orumieh in the Azarbaijan-e Gharbi province. (Mafnews)

Arrest and detention

Mr. Soleimani was detained for 20 years (Kurdpa). The circumstances of his arrest and detention are not known.

Trial

No information is available on Mr. Soleimani’s trial.

Charges

The charge brought against Mr. Soleimani was announced as “drug trafficking” (Kurdpa). No specific information is available on his charge.    

The validity of the criminal charges brought against this defendant cannot be ascertained in the absence of the basic guarantees of a fair trial. International human rights organizations have drawn attention to reports indicating that the Islamic Republic authorities have brought trumped-up charges, including drug trafficking, sexual, and other criminal offences, against their opponents (including political, civil society activists, as well as unionists and ethnic and religious minorities). Thousands of alleged drug traffickers have been sentenced to death following judicial processes that fail to meet international standards. Scores of them were executed based on a 1989 law imposing mandatory death sentences on drug traffickers found in possession of specified amounts of proscribed narcotics (5 kg of hashish or opium, and more than 30 grams of heroin, codeine or methadone). The exact number of people convicted based on trumped-up charges is unknown.

Evidence of guilt

The report of this execution did not provide any specific information on the evidence presented against Mr. Soleimani.

Defense

No information is available on Mr. Soleimani’s defense.

Judgment

Mr. Rahim Soleimani was hanged in the Orumieh Central Prison on February 16, 2015 at dawn. No specific information is available about this execution. 

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