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One Person’s Story

Esma'il Qaderi

About

Nationality: Iran
Religion: Presumed Muslim
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: June 20, 2009
Location of Killing: Zahedan Prison, Zahedan, Sistan Va Baluchestan Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Hanging
Charges: Drug possession

About this Case

The execution of Mr. Esma’il Qaderi, along with another person, was reported by the Ministry of Justice of the Province of Sistan va Baluchestan Website (June 20, 2009) and Radio Baluchi.

According to available information, Mr. Qaderi’s case was related to drugs.

Arrest and detention

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

Trial

The Zahedan Islamic Revolutionary Tribunal put Mr. Qaderi on trial (Ministry of Justice of the Province of Sistan va Baluchestan).  No information is available on this trial.

Charges

The charge brought against Mr. Qaderi was “transportation and possession of narcotics, specifically heroin”.

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 prescribed 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 does not contain information regarding the evidence providedagainst the defendant.

Defense

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

Judgment

The Zahedan Islamic Revolutionary Tribunal sentenced Mr. Qaderi to “death by hanging”.  This verdict was approved by the Supreme Court (Ministry of Justice of the Province of Sistan O Balechustan). 

Mr. Qaderi, along with another person, was executed on the morning of Saturday June 20, 2009.

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