Abdolvahab Rigi

عبدالوهاب ریگی

22 years old · Zahedan · Sistan and Baluchestan Province

26 October 2013 Executed

Life

• Student of the Dar al-Uloom (Makki) seminary in Zahedan
  Persian original

  طلبه حوزه علمیه دارالعلوم (مکی) زاهدان

• Single
  Persian original

  مجرد

• He was a religious person and a student of the Dar al-Uloom (Makki) seminary in Zahedan
  Persian original

  او فردی مذهبی و طلبه حوزه علمیه دارالعلوم (مکی) زاهدان بود

• “My relationship with them went no further than acquaintance and greetings, and I had no knowledge whatsoever of their aims and plans”
  Persian original

  «درحد آشنایی و سلام با آنها رابطه داشتم و از اهداف و برنامه‌های آنها هیچ نوع خبری نداشتم»

• According to himself, in the court session too he had accepted all the charges brought against him only for the sake of his brother and the other defendant in the case (Mehrollah Rigi), so that the pressure on them would be lifted
  Persian original

  وی به گفته خودش‌ در جلسه دادگاه نیز تمام اتهامات وارده را فقط به خاطر برادرش و دیگر متهم پرونده (مهرالله ریگی)‌ قبول کرده بود تا فشار از روی آنها برداشته شود

The case

• Mr. Rigi was hanged on 4 Aban 1392 together with 15 others in Zahedan Central Prison
  Persian original

  آقای ریگی‌ در چهار آبان ۱۳۹۲ به همراه ۱۵ نفر دیگر در زندان مرکزی زاهدان به دار آویخته شد

• Mr. Rigi was held for 50 days in a solitary cell of the Zahedan Intelligence Office detention centre and, according to himself, was subjected to “all kinds of physical, mental and psychological torture to confess to a crime not committed”
  Persian original

  آقای ریگی ۵۰ روز در سلول انفرادی بازداشتگاه اداره اطلاعات زاهدان زندانی بود و بنابر گفته خودش زیر «انواع شکنجه‌های جسمی، روحی و روانی که برای اعتراف به جرم نکرده» قرار داشت

• Execution » hanging
  Persian original

  اعدام » حلق آویز

After their death

• Mr. Rigi's body was not handed over to his family
  Persian original

  جسد آقای ریگی به خانواده‌اش تحویل داده نشد

• They were told that their child would be executed
  Persian original

  به او گفته شد که فرزندش اعدام خواهد شد

• In some instances phone calls were made to the family during torture, accompanied by the sound of moaning
  Persian original

  در مواردی تماس‌ تلفنی هنگام شکنجه و همراه با صدای ناله با خانواده گرفته شده بود

Sources

1. Abdorrahman Boroumand Center — Omid memorial

The name is recorded in at least two independent sources or in a human-rights organisation’s report.

Listed in

• Executed
• Executed on charges of “moharebeh”, “baghi”, “corruption on earth” or espionage
• Sunni Muslims
• The year 1392 (2013–2014)
• Sistan and Baluchestan Province
• Zahedan

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