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One Person’s Story

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About

Nationality: Iran
Religion: Unknown
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: November 9, 2010
Location of Killing: Gonbad-e Kavus, Mazandaran Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Hanging
Charges: Drug trafficking

About this Case

News of the execution of an unknown individual, along with four others, was published on the websites of ISNA (Iranian Students News Agency) and the Islamic Republic Security Force Information Base on November 9, 2010, quoting the Security Force Information Base.

Arrest and Detention

There is no specific information on the defendant’s arrest and detention. According to this report, the Combat Narcotics Police in Minudasht, Golestan, identified and arrested the defendant.

Trial

No information is available on the defendant’s trial. This trial took place in the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Gondad-e Kavus.

Charges

The charges against the defendant were announced as "intention to transport narcotics, heroin, to the Golestan province."

The validity of the criminal charges brought against the 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 report of this execution did not provide any specific information on the evidence presented against the defendant.

Defence

No information is available on the defendant’s defence.

Judgment

The court condemned the defendant to death and he was hanged in Gondad-e Kavus on November 9, 2010.

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