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One Person’s Story

Unknown

About

Nationality: Iran
Religion: Presumed Muslim
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: February 15, 2015
Location of Killing: Central Prison (Adelabad), Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Hanging
Charges: Armed robbery; Murder

About this Case

News of the execution of an unknown individual along with three others was announced by the website of HRANA on February 15, 2015. The case of these defendants pertains to crimes connected to murder or armed robbery. However, it is not clear exactly what crime was committed by whom.

Arrest and detention

There is no information available on the details of this unknown individual’s arrest and detention.

Trial

There is no information available on the details of the session or sessions of this unknown individual’s trial.

Charges

This unknown individual and the other three were charged with “murder” and “armed robbery.” However, the report does not clarify exactly what crime was committed by this unknown individual.

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

There is no information available on the details of the evidence of guilt entered against this unknown individual.

Defense

There is no information available on the details of this unknown individual’s defense.

Judgment

The court sentenced this unknown individual to death. This unknown individual was hanged, along with the three others, in the courtyard of Shiraz’s Adelabad Prison on the morning of February 15, 2015. There is no further information available on the details of this verdict.

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