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One Person’s Story

Hassan Mokhtari

About

Age: 29
Nationality: Iran
Religion: Non-Believer
Civil Status: Married

Case

Date of Killing: May 13, 1983
Location of Killing: Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Death in custody
Charges: Unspecified counter-revolutionary offense

About this Case

Mr. Hassan Mokhtari (Tufan) is one of the 12028 individuals listed in an addendum to the Mojahed magazine (No 261), published by Mojahedin Khalq Organization in 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 Marxist-Leninist Organization of Tufan was founded in the late 1960s. De-Stalinization policy of Khoroshev in the Soviet Union led to a political crisis in Iranian communist party Tudeh, as in many communist parties around the world. Three Tudeh leaders i.e. Forutan, Qasemi & Saqa’i left the Party in 1963 to found the “Revolutionary Organization of the Tudeh Party” and then the “Marxist-Leninist Organization of Tufan”. The organization changed its name after the 1979 revolution and first became The Party of workers and farmers of Iran and later on Iran Work Party, Tufan. The Party believed in a one-party system and supported a political system modeled after Albania, which it considered as the only socialist countries. The Organization of Struggling Workers of Iran is a split from Tufan founded by some of the party’s personnel.

 

 Arrest and detention

The circumstances of Mr. Mokhtari’s arrest and detention are not known.

Trial

No information is available on Mr. Mokhtari’s trial.

Charges

The charge brought against Mr. Mokhtari is not known.

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. Mokhtari’s defense.

Judgment

There is no information on the verdict leading to this execution.

 

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