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One Person’s Story

Zare' Tajik

About

Nationality: Afghanistan
Religion: Presumed Muslim
Civil Status: Unknown

Case

Date of Killing: 2004
Location of Killing: Iranshahr, Sistan Va Baluchestan Province, Iran
Mode of Killing: Hanging
Charges: Drug trafficking

About this Case

News of the execution of Mr. Zare’ Tajik, son of Abdolghafur, along with another defendant, was published in the Ettela’at newspaper on May 19, 2004. He was an Afghan citizen and his case was related to drug trafficking.

Arrest and detention

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

Trial

The Islamic Revolutionary Court of Iranshahr tried Mr. Tajik. No information is available on his trial.

Charges

The charges brought against Mr. Tajik were announced as “importing and transporting 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 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). 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

According to the report, Mr. Tajik and his collaborator had trafficked 6 kilograms and 600 grams of heroin into Iranshahr in Sistan-va-Baluchistan from Pakistan on November 30, 2002.

Defense

No information is available on Mr. Tajik’s defense.

Judgment

The Islamic Revolutionary Court of Iranshahr condemned Mr. Zare’ Tajik to death and the Supreme Court confirmed the ruling. He was hanged, along with the other defendant, in Iranshahr in 2004. The exact date of this execution is unknown. 

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