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One Person’s Story

Torab A

About

Nationality: Iran
Religion: Unknown
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: April 13, 2010
Location of Killing: Khorramshahr, Khuzestan Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Hanging
Charges: Drug trafficking

About this Case

News of the execution of Mr. Torab A. was published on the website of Khuzestan Courthouse on April 17, 2010, quoting the Public Relations Office of Khoramshahr Courthouse.

Arrest and Detention

There is no specific information on the defendant’s arrest and detention.

Trial

No information is available on the defendant’s trial. This trial took place in the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Abadan.

Charges

The charge against Mr. Torab A. was announced as "smuggling narcotics."

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 Islamic Republic authorities have brought trumped-up charges against their political opponents and executed them for alleged drug trafficking, sexual, and other criminal offences. Thousands of alleged drug traffickers have been sentenced to death following judicial processes that fail to meet international standards. Scores of them were executed based on a 1989 law imposing mandatory death sentences on drug traffickers found in possession of specified amounts of proscribed narcotics (5 kg of hashish or opium, and more than 30 grams of heroin, codeine or methadone). The exact number of people convicted based on trumped-up charges is unknown.

Evidence of Guilt

The evidence presented against the defendant was announced as “selling 57 kilograms of opium and 22 grams of hashish.”

Defence

No information is available on the defendant's defence.

Judgment

The court condemned Mr. Torab A. to death. According to the report, he was hanged at Ashayer Square in Khoramshahr on April 13, 2010, based on the Immediate Principle of Criminal Sentence Execution.

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