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One Person’s Story

Unknown

About

Nationality: Iran
Religion: Unknown
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: June 13, 2007
Location of Killing: Evin Prison, Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Hanging
Charges: Drug trafficking

About this Case

According to the website of Khabare-Jonub on June 14, 2007, one unknown individual, along with five other unknown individuals, were executed. The Tehrane-Emruz website reported that five unknown individuals were executed on the same date.          

Arrest and Detention

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

Trial

No information is available on the defendant’s trial.   

Charges

The charge against this defendant and two other defendants was announced as having "transported 360 grams of heroin." The other three defendants were charged with "murder."       

The validity of the criminal charges brought against these defendants 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.

Defense

No information is available on the defendant’s defence.    

Judgment

No specific information is available about the defendant’s execution.  This defendant along with five other defendants were hanged in the Evin Prison on June 13, 2007.     

 

 

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