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One Person’s Story

Kazem Kazeruni

About

Age: 28
Nationality: Iran
Religion: Non-Believer
Civil Status: Married

Case

Date of Killing: July 26, 1981
Location of Killing: Kerman, Kerman Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Shooting
Charges: Unspecified counter-revolutionary offense

About this Case

News of the execution of Mr. Kazem Kazeruni, son of Mohammad, along with four others, was published in the Kayhan newspaper on July 27, 1981.

Mr. Kazem Kazeruni is one of the 12,028 individuals listed in an addendum to the Mojahed magazine (No 261), published by the Mojahedin Khalq Organization on September 6, 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. According to this source, Mr. Kazem Kazeruni was a high school graduate, married, a teacher, and a sympathizer of the Fadaiyan Organization.

The Fadaiyan Khalq Organization, a Marxist Leninist group inspired by the Cuban Revolution and the urban guerilla 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. The Fadaiyan Khalq Minority opposed the Islamic Republic and was active mainly in the political arena and the labor movement.

Arrest and detention

There is no specific information on the defendant’s arrest and detention.

Trial

The Islamic Revolutionary Court of Kerman tried Mr. Kazem Kazeruni, but no information is available on the defendant’s trial.

Charges

The charges against Mr. Kazem Kazeruni were announced as, “armed uprising against the Islamic Republic of Iran, sympathizing with and offering practical support for a deviant and destructive group of Fadaiyan Khalq Minority that is in war with Islam, and distribution of its publications.”

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

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

Defense

No information is available on Mr. Kazem Kazeruni's defense.

Judgment

َThe Islamic Revolutionary Court of Kerman identified Mr. Kazem Kazeruni as "Baghi (rebel), Mofsed (corruptor on Earth), Mohareb (fighter) against God and the Prophet, and Mortad (apostate)." He was condemned to death. The ruling was carried out when he was executed by firing squad in Kerman on July 26, 1981 at 5 am. No specific information is available about the defendant’s execution. The Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor Office of Kerman announced that, “because the executed individuals are apostate, they have no right to be buried in the Moslem cemetery.”

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