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One Person’s Story

Reza Abdizadeh

About

Nationality: Iran
Religion: Presumed Muslim
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: March 19, 1980
Location of Killing: Dezful, Khuzestan Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Unspecified execution method
Charges: Homosexual act; Adultery; Corruption on earth

About this Case

The execution of Mr. Reza Abdizadeh and two other convicts was reported in the Ettela’at daily (March 26, 1980).

Arrest and detention

The circumstances of this defendant’s arrest and detention are not known.

Trial

The report mentioned that examining Mr. Abdizadeh’s and the other defendants’ cases took several sessions at the Islamic Revolutionary Tribunal of Dezful.

Charges

Based on the report, Mr. Abdizadeh was charged with “adultery, sodomy, consuming alcohol, using narcotics, providing gambling opportunities in his house, and creating terror among the youth with his like-minded friends by using threats to force them into sodomy.”

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’s authorities have brought trumped up charges against their political opponents and executed them for drug trafficking, sexual, and other criminal offences. Each year, Iranian authorities sentence to death hundreds of alleged common criminals, following judicial processes that fail to meet international standards. The exact number of people convicted based on trumped-up charges is unknown.

Evidence of guilt

There is no information available on the evidence presented against the victim.

Defense

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

Judgment

According to the report, Mr. Abdizadeh was found guilty of “corruption on earth.” The death sentence was carried out at 9:30 p.m March 19, 1980.

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