Barat (Mohammad) Zahmatkesh

برات (محمد) زحمتکش

Karaj · Alborz Province

13 April 2015 Executed

Life

• He was married
  Persian original

  او متاهل

• He was an athlete and held several Asian, national and provincial titles in karate and kickboxing
  Persian original

  ورزشکار بود و در رشته‌های کاراته و کیک بوکس دارای چندین عنوان آسیائی، کشوری و استانی هم بود

• In the video Mr. Zahmatkesh says that enemies, out of hostility, hid the drugs in his son's house and that neither he nor his son knew anything about it
  Persian original

  آقای زحمتکش در ویدئو می‌گوید که دشمنان از روی خصومت مواد مخدر را در خانه پسر وی جاسازی کرده‌اند و نه او و نه پسرش اطلاعی از این امر نداشتند

• He too, to preserve his honour and to protect his family, was forced to accept responsibility for a crime in which he had played no part
  Persian original

  او نیز به خاطر حفظ آبرو و برای حمایت از خانواده مسئولیت جرمی را که در آن نقشی نداشته است را از سر اجبار پذیرفته است

The case

• Mr. Barat (Mohammad) Zahmatkesh was hanged together with 10 or 14 others on 25 Farvardin 1394 in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
  Persian original

  آقای برات (محمد) زحمتکش به همراه ١٠ یا ١۴ نفر دیگر در ٢۵ فروردین ماه ۱۳۹۴ در زندان قزل حصار کرج به دار آویخته شد

• Execution » hanging
  Persian original

  اعدام » حلق آویز

After their death

• When he entered the house, the agents had handcuffed his wife, his child and even a neighbour woman
  Persian original

  وقتی او وارد خانه شد، ماموران به دست زن، بچه و حتی زن همسایه نیز دست بند زده بودند

• They beat his daughter-in-law, who was 9 months pregnant
  Persian original

  عروس او را که ٩ ماهه حامله بود، مورد ضرب و شتم قرار دادند

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 drug-related offences
• The year 1394 (2015–2016)
• Alborz Province
• Karaj

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