Amir Hossein Purja'far Katamjaniunder 18*

امیرحسین پورجعفر کتم جانی

19 years old · Varamin · Tehran Province

4 January 2018 Executed

Life

• He lived with his father, mother and three sisters in the village of Kheyrabad in Varamin County
  Persian original

  همراه با پدر، مادر و سه خواهرش در روستای خیرآباد شهرستان ورامین زندگی می‌کرد

• When he was three months old, as a result of a high fever and convulsions, he became hard of hearing in one ear and disabled in one leg
  Persian original

  سه ماهه بود که در اثر تب شدید و تشنج، یک گوشش کم شنوا و یک پایش دچار معلولیت شد

• Among the family members, Mr. Pourja'far had a good relationship with his elder sister, and apart from that he had only one close friend
  Persian original

  از میان اعضای خانواده، آقای پورجعفر با خواهر بزرگش رابطه خوبی داشت و غیر از آن، تنها یک دوست صمیمی داشت

• His only friend has described him as “calm” and “reclusive”
  Persian original

  تنها دوستش او را «آرام» و «گوشه‌گیر» معرفی کرده است

• In his free time he did technical work
  Persian original

  در اوقات فراغت، کارهای فنی انجام می‌داد

• He had also harmed himself twice in prison
  Persian original

  او همچنین دوبار در زندان اقدام به خودزنی کرده بود

In the words of those close to them

“Whatever broke down at home, Amir Hossein fixed”— His mother

Persian original

«هرچه در خانه خراب می‌شد، امیرحسین درست می‌کرد»

This person described Mr. Pourja'far as a “harmless” person who committed rape and murder as a result of drug use.— An informed person

Persian original

این فرد آقای پورجعفر را فردی «بی‌آزار» توصیف کرد که در اثر مصرف مواد دست به تجاوز و قتل زده است.

“Amir Hossein's execution did not make us feel better and changed nothing.— Setayesh Ghoreishi's mother

Persian original

«اعدام امیرحسین حال ما را خوب نکرد و چیزی را تغییر نداد.

The case

• Mr. Amir Hossein Pourja'far Katamjani was hanged on 14 Dey 1396 in Varamin Penitentiary in the presence of the victim's family and the prosecutor's representative
  Persian original

  آقای امیرحسین پورجعفر کتم‌جانی در تاریخ ۱۴ دی ۱۳۹۶ در ندامتگاه ورامین و با حضور خانواده مقتول و نماینده دادستان به دار آویخته شد

• Execution » hanging
  Persian original

  اعدام » حلق آویز

After their death

• Mr. Pourja'far's body was taken by his family members from Rajaei Shahr Prison to the village of Kheyrabad and buried “in silence and without anyone knowing”
  Persian original

  جنازه آقای پورجعفر توسط اعضای خانواده‌اش از زندان رجایی شهر به روستای خیر‌آباد منتقل شد و «در سکوت و بی‌خبری» به خاک سپرده شد

• Mr. Pourja'far's father considered the harassment of his grandchildren at school, the conflicts of his sons-in-law's families with his daughters and the severing of family relations to be among the consequences of the crime committed and of his son's execution
  Persian original

  پدر آقای پورجعفر آزار نوه‌هایش در مدرسه، اختلاف خانواده دامادها با دخترانش و قطع روابط خانوادگی را از جمله آثار ارتکاب جرم و اعدام پسرش دانست

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 sexual offences
• Executed for an alleged offence committed under 18
• The year 1396 (2017–2018)
• Tehran Province
• Varamin

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