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One Person’s Story

Bahram Khabar

About

Nationality: Iran
Religion: Islam
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: May 30, 1982
Location of Killing: Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Fatal
Charges: War on God, God's Prophet and the deputy of the Twelfth Imam; Armed rebellion against the Islamic Republic

About this Case

The execution of Mr. Bahram Khabar, along with nine others, was announced in a communiqué by the public relations office of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Islamic Revolution in Hormozgan. The communiqué was published in the Jomhuri Eslami Daily on June 2, 1982.

Arrest and detention

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

Trial

No information is available on the defendant’s trial.

Charges

According to this communiqué, Mr. Khabar, along with nine others, was generally charged with actively supporting the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization or MKO, “membership in the Organization, participation in planning and commanding different military operations , assassination of Dehqani (a policeman), Pourdalir, Haji Gholamhosseiny and Haj Izadpanah (the martyrs), participation in planning the destruction of the bridge connecting Bandar Abbas to Shiraz, destruction of a quay, explosion of a ship of provisions, participation in an armed robbery, hiding in safe houses, possession of different weapons, and intra-organizational marriages” [marriages among the members of the MKO to promote its interest- translator’s note]. Specifically, he was reported to be in charge of planning military operations in the MKO in Bandar Abbas.

Evidence of guilt

The report of this execution does not contain information regarding the evidence provided against the defendant.

Defense

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

Judgment

According to the Islamic Revolutionary Tribunal of Bandarabbas, Mr. Khabar was found guilty of being a corruptor and an enemy of God and was sentenced to death. The sentence was carried out .

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