Jahangir Dehqani

جهانگیر دهقانی

28 years old · Karaj · Tehran Province

4 March 2015 Executed

Life

• He worked as a labourer in waste recycling
  Persian original

  او در بخش بازیافت زباله کارگری می‌کرد

• He was the younger son of a deprived and poor family of 5
  Persian original

  او پسر کوچک یک خانواده ۵ نفری محروم و فقیر بود

• Mr. Jahangiri was a religious person committed to the beliefs of the Shafi'i school and had memorised the entire Quran
  Persian original

  آقای جهانگیری فردی مذهبی و پایبند به اعتقادات مذهب شافعی و حافظ کل قرآن بود

• Jahangir, together with his brother Jamshid, was the guardian and breadwinner of the family and of their elderly and sick father and mother
  Persian original

  جهانگیر به همراه برادرش جمشید، سرپرست و نان‌آور خانواده و پدر و مادر پیر و بیمارشان بودند

• Among his religious activities were work at the Ebrahim Khalilollah Mosque near their home and teaching the Quran and doctrinal lessons to the children of the neighbourhood
  Persian original

  از جمله فعالیت‌های مذهبی او، فعالیت در مسجد ابراهیم خلیل‌الله در نزدیکی خانه‌اشان و آموزش قرآن و دروس اعتقادی به بچه‌ّهای محل بود

• He was a calm, modest and reclusive person and in prison devoted himself to spiritual purification, study and helping his fellow prisoners
  Persian original

  او فردی آرام،‌ سربه زیر و گوشه‌گیر بود و در زندان به کار تزکیه، مطالعه و کمک به همبندانش می‌پرداخت

In the words of those close to them

According to his fellow prisoner, he was a calm, modest and reclusive person and in prison devoted himself to spiritual purification, study and helping his fellow prisoners (Foundation interview).— His fellow prisoner

Persian original

به گفته همبندی‌اش، او فردی آرام،‌ سربه زیر و گوشه‌گیر بود و در زندان به کار تزکیه، مطالعه و کمک به همبندانش می‌پرداخت (مصاحبه بنیاد).

The case

• Mr. Jahangir Dehqani, together with his brother Jamshid and 4 other Sunni defendants, was executed by the noose on 13 Dey 1393 in Rajaei Shahr Prison
  Persian original

  آقای جهانگیر دهقانی به همراه برادرش جمشید و ۴ تن دیگر از متهمان اهل سنت، در ۱۳ دی ماه ۱۳۹۳ در زندان رجایی شهر به وسیله طناب دار اعدام شد

• Execution » hanging
  Persian original

  اعدام » حلق آویز

After their death

• Judicial and security officials did not hand over Mr. Dehqani's body to his family
  Persian original

  مسئولان قضایی و امنیتی جنازه آقای دهقانی را تحویل خانوده‌اش ندادند

• The security authorities buried him in the Behesht-e Sakineh cemetery in Karaj and threatened the family that they were not permitted to hold a memorial ceremony
  Persian original

  مقامات امنیتی او را در قبرستان بهشت سکینه کرج دفن کردند و خانواده را تهدید کردند که اجازه برپایی مراسم یادبود را ندارند

• After his brothers were arrested, their family had no source of income and lived on “people's handouts”
  Persian original

  خانواده آنها پس از بازداشت برادرانش هیچ منبع درآمدی نداشته و با «خرجی مردم» زندگی می‌کردند

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 for murder (qisas)
• Sunni Muslims
• Workers
• The year 1393 (2014–2015)
• Tehran Province
• Karaj

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