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One Person’s Story

Zia Basiri

About

Age: 27
Nationality: Iran
Religion: Non-Believer
Civil Status: Married

Case

Date of Killing: June 3, 1984
Location of Killing: Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Shooting
Charges: Unknown charge

About this Case

The information about Mr. Zia Basiri is gathered from a book titled Siavoshan, “Remembrance of the Ranjbaran Party of Iran’s Martyrs” by Baqer Mortazavi © 1999, Germany.

Mr. Basiri was born in Tehran in 1957. He was married and had a daughter. During the 1979 Revolution, he was working in the Pars-Tehran factory.

Arrest and detention

The circumstances of this defendant’s arrest and detention are unknown. Mr. Basiri was arrested in Tehran in 1982.

Trial

No information is available on the defendant’s trial.

Charges

No information is available on Mr. Basiri’s charges.

Evidence of guilt

The report of this execution contains no evidence provided against the defendant.

Defense

No information is available on Mr. Zia Basiri's defense.

Judgment

No details are available on Mr. Zia Basiri's execution. According to the Siavoshanbook, he was executed by a firing squad on June 3, 1984. In his last days, he wrote a letter to his wife as a will and another letter to his brother. These letters were published. On the back of his will, he wrote a poem by Mao Tse-tung: “the claws of leaves are hanging and so are the claws of the enemy, and they steal the silk of our hopes.”

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