Abolfazl Chazani Sharahiunder 18*

ابوالفضل چزانی شراهی

18 years old · Qom · Markazi Province

27 June 2018 Executed

Life

• He studied up to the second year of middle school and then worked in sohan making.
  Persian original

  او تا کلاس دوم راهنمایی درس خواند و پس از آن به کار در سوهان‌پزی مشغول شد.

• Mr. Chazani was the child of a poor family on the outskirts of the city of Qom and had four brothers.
  Persian original

  آقای چزانی فرزند یک خانواده فقیر در حاشیه شهر قم بود و چهار برادر داشت.

• He was a child of small and weak build and was often ill until the age of seven.
  Persian original

  او کودکی با جثه‌ی کوچک و ضعیف و تا هفت سالگی اغلب بیمار بود.

• During his school years he mostly played football or went to the Atari club.
  Persian original

  در دوران مدرسه بیشتر فوتبال بازی می‌کرد یا به آتاری کلوپ می‌رفت.

• Mr. Chazani was a compassionate child, loving and persistent; he always had to do something at public ceremonies.
  Persian original

  آقای چزانی کودک دلسوزی بود، باعشق و سمج بود، حتما باید در مراسم‌های عمومی کاری می‌کرد.

• He loved the ta'zieh (passion play) of Imam Hossein.
  Persian original

  عاشق تعزیه‌ی امام حسین بود.

• In the evenings he came home from work and gave his wages to his mother.
  Persian original

  غروب‌ها از سر کار به خانه می‌آمد و دستمزدش را به مادرش می‌داد.

• Very soon he became ward representative and attended to the affairs of other prisoners.
  Persian original

  خیلی زود وکیل‌بند شد و به امور زندانیان دیگر رسیدگی می‌کرد.

• He was 14 years old at the time of the incident.
  Persian original

  او در زمان وقوع حادثه ۱۴ ساله بود.

• “Don't be afraid, Mom, nothing will happen!”
  Persian original

  «نترس مامان، هیچی نمی‌شه!»

In the words of those close to them

Abolfazl did not deserve execution; we would have been content for them to imprison him for life, but execution for a 14-year-old child is far from humanity.— Mr. Chazani's family

Persian original

ابوالفضل حقش اعدام نبود، ما راضی بودیم او را برای ابد زندانی کنند، اما اعدام برای یک بچه‌ی ۱۴ ساله دور از انسانیت است.

The case

• Mr. Abolfazl Chazani was hanged on the sixth of Tir 1397 in Qom Central Prison (Langarud prison).
  Persian original

  آقای ابوالفضل چزانی روز ششم تیر ماه ۱۳۹۷ در زندان مرکزی قم (زندان لنگرود) به دار آویخته شد.

• The victim's father personally pulled the stool from under the defendant's feet and carried out the qisas sentence.
  Persian original

  پدر مقتول شخصا چهارپایه را از زیر پای متهم کشید و حکم قصاص را اجرا کرد.

• Execution » hanging
  Persian original

  اعدام » حلق آویز

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)
• Executed for an alleged offence committed under 18
• The year 1397 (2018–2019)
• Markazi Province
• Qom

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