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One Person’s Story

Qasem Golshan

About

Nationality: Iran
Religion: Non-Believer
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: June 22, 1981
Location of Killing: Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Shooting

About this Case

News of the execution of Mr. Qasem Golshan, along with eight others, was published in the Jomhuri Eslami newspaper on June 24, 1981. The Public Relations Department of the Central Public Prosecutor’s Office issued an announcement concerning these executions, the defendants' names, and their charges, and released it to the Pars news agency. Next day, the Central Public Prosecutor’s Office issued a corrective announcement regarding the charges against him. Additionally, news of the execution of Mr. Golshan, along with 66 others, was published in the Peykar publication, number 113, on July 6, 1981. Mr. Golshan is one of the 430 individuals whose names appear on the list of “Martyrs of the Peykar Organization for the Liberation of the Working Class” published on the website of Andeesheh va Peykar. He is also 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.

The Peykar Organization for the Liberation of the Working Class was founded by a number of dissident members of the Mojahedin Khalq Organization who had converted to Marxism-Leninism. Peykar was also joined by a number of political organizations, known as Khat-e Se (Third line). The founding tenets of Peykar included the rejection of guerrilla struggle and a strong stand against the pro-Soviet policies of the Iranian Tudeh Party. Peykar viewed the Soviet Union as a "Social imperialist" state, believed that China had deviated from the Marxist-Leninist principles, and radically opposed all factions of the Islamic regime of Iran. The brutal repression of dissidents by the Iranian government and splits within Peykar in 1981 and 1982 effectively dismantled the Organization and scattered its supporters. By the mid-1980s, Peykar was no longer in existence.

Arrest and detention

According to the corrective announcement of the Central Public Prosecutor’s Office, Mr. Golshan was arrested before June 20, 1981. The circumstances of this defendant’s arrest and detention are not known.

Trial

No information is available on the defendant’s trial.

Charges

In the first announcement by the Central Public Prosecutor’s Office, the charges against Mr. Golshan were announced as "active membership in Peykar, assault and battery against people, participation in armed confrontations against the Islamic Republic, possession of acid, pepper, vinegar and killing tools, and apostate." In the corrective announcement issued on June 25, 1981, the charges against Mr. Qasem Golshan were changed to "active cooperation with the anti-revolutionary organization of Peykar, being in charge of a team, establishing and frequenting an organizational house, establishing a center for publication and distribution of bulletins, announcements, and other publications of the Peykar Organizational, writing articles and reports for the publication, promoting riot and disturbance across the society, and writing reports about various places, including garrisons, in order to injure the Islamic Republic.

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 does not contain information regarding the evidence provided against the defendant.

Defense

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

Judgment

َThe Central Islamic Revolutionary Court identified Mr. Golshan as "an enemy of God, an apostate, a corruptor on earth, and a rebel." He was condemned to death and the ruling was carried out in Evin prison on June 22, 1981 at 9 pm.

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