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Country
Date
Type
Mandate
89.
31/01/07
JUA
SUMX;
TOR
90.
06/03/07
JUA
WGAD;
IJL; MIG;
TOR
Allegations transmitted
Sina Paymard and Mostafa (surname unknown)
who are at risk of execution for crimes
committed when they were under the age of age
18. Sina Paymard was convicted of murder after a
dispute with a man over cannabis during which he
stabbed the drug dealer to death in October 2004.
The Supreme Court upheld his death sentence
but he was granted a reprieve by the victim’s
family on 20 September 2006. Sina Paymard
remains at risk of execution after a demand for
payment of diyeh (blood money) was made in the
amount of 150 million troumans (over $ 160 000)
which Sina Paymard’s family could not afford. In
November 2006, his lawyer asked for a review of
his case after submitting evidence that the Court
had not properly considered that Sina Paymard
suffered from a mental disorder. He has had a
stay of execution ordered by the Head of the
Judiciary. Mostafa was convicted of killing a man
in the Pars district of Tehran following a scuffle
which ensued after he intervened to stop the
deceased from harassing a woman. His sentence
has been upheld by the Supreme Court.
Abdul Rasoul Mazraeh, also known as Abdullah
Abdulhamid al-Tamimi, an Iranian Ahwazi and a
recognized refugee in Syria. He was arrested by
Syrian security forces on 11 May 2006 and
handed over to Iranian authorities in Tehran on 15
May 2006. Since his arrest he has not had access
to a lawyer and has been detained in solitary
confinement. Mr. Mazraeh is expected to go on
trial in March, however, it remains unclear what
charges are put against him. He was physically
Government response
By letter dated 23/08/07, the Government
informed that Mr. Abdul Rasoul Mazraeh is the
head of the military wing of the terrorist group
known as “MIAAD” and following participation in
several terrorist operations, he had illegally fled
Iran to Syria, where subsequent to his
identification by the local pertinent authorities, as
well as the issuance of a writ of arrest by
INTERPOL, he was arrested and extradited to
Iran. All the allegations, including torture, his
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