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One Person’s Story

Unknown

About

Age: 32
Nationality: Unknown
Religion: Unknown
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: April 20, 2014
Location of Killing: Central Prison (Vakilabad Prison), Mashhad, Khorasan\Khorasan-e Razavi Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Hanging
Charges: Murder
Age at time of alleged offense: 26

About this Case

News of the execution of an unknown young man, along with another person, was published in the Khorasan newspaper on April 21, 2014. According to the existing information, his case was related to the murder of a 36-year-old person in Torbat-e Jam in 2008.

Arrest and detention

The circumstances of the defendant’s arrest and detention are not known.

Trial

No information is available on the defendant’s trial.

Charges

The charge brought against the defendant was announced as “murder.” According to the report, after having a disagreement, the defendant went to the victim’s house door and killed him with a knife blow on the neck.         

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 the Islamic Republic authorities have brought trumped-up charges, including drug trafficking, sexual, and other criminal offences, against their opponents (including political, civil society activists, as well as unionists and ethnic and religious minorities). Each year Iranian authorities sentence to death hundreds of alleged common criminals, following judicial processes that fail to meet international standards. The exact number of people convicted and executed 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 defense.

Judgment

The court condemned this unknown defendant to death and the Supreme Court confirmed the ruling. He was hanged in the presence of the Sentence Enforcement authorities at the Central Prison yard in Mashhad on April 20, 2014. The body was given to his family.  

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