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One Person’s Story

Majid Emamiharis

About

Nationality: Iran
Religion: Presumed Muslim
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: August 20, 1984
Location of Killing: Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Hanging
Charges: Unspecified offense; Prostitution and/or procuring; Homosexual act; Drug possession; Addiction

About this Case

The execution of Mr. Majid Emamiharis, along with twenty-five others, was reported in the Jomhuri Eslami daily on August 21, 1984.

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 report, Mr. Emamiharis was charged with “being actively and consistently involved in supplying and distributing narcotics, addiction, promoting prostitution, organizing a prostitution gang, leading the youth astray and committing sodomy, encouraging the youth to take drugs, being convicted of addiction 14 times, transporting narcotics, and 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

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

Defense

No information is available on Mr. Emamiharis's defense.

Judgment

The Anti-Narcotics Islamic Revolutionary Tribunal sentenced Mr. Emamiharis to death. The sentence was carried out at dawn.

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