Abdorrahman Boroumand Center

for Human Rights in Iran

https://www.iranrights.org
Omid, a memorial in defense of human rights in Iran
One Person’s Story

Fariborz Keshavarz

About

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

Case

Date of Killing: March, 1982
Location of Killing: Evin Prison, Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Shooting
Charges: Unknown charge

About this Case

Information about Mr. Fariborz Keshavarz has been sent to Omid by his wife’s former cellmate via an electronic form. Mr. Keshavarz was affiliated with Fadaiyan Khalq Organization (Minority branch).

The Fadaiyan Khalq Organization, a Marxist Leninist group inspired by the Cuban Revolution and the urban guerilla movements of Latin America, was founded in 1971 by two communist groups opposed to the Pahlavi regime. Following the 1979 revolution, the Organization, which had renounced armed struggle, split over their support of the Islamic Republic and of the Soviet Union. The Fadaiyan Khalq Minority opposed the Islamic Republic and was active mainly in the political arena and the labor movement.

Arrest and detention

Mr. Keshavarz was arrested in the winter of 1982 in Tehran, along with his wife, Ms. Shohreh Saburi, and his sister by the Revolutionary Guards of Committee 3000, for their affiliation with the Fadaiyan Khalq Organization. (Committee 3000 is the former Committee Against Sabotage, which was later renamed Tohidi prison; today it is a museum.) No further information is available regarding his arrest and detention.

Trial

There is no information regarding this trial.

Charges

The charges brought against the defendant in court are not known.

Evidence of guilt

No information is available concerning the evidence presented against the accused.

Defense

No information is available concerning Mr. Keshavarz’s defense.

Judgment

No specific information is available about the verdict leading to this execution. Mr. Fariborz Keshavarz and his wife were shot by a firing squad in Evin prison in February/March 1982, along with a few other individuals.

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