Mustafa Barzegar Ganji

Full Name (English)

Full Name (Farsi)

مصطفی برزگر گنجی

Place of Birth

No information available

Gender

Male

Education

No information available

Clerical Background

Unknown

Status

Alive

Last Updated

5 Dec 2020

Positions and Violations

Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor, Qom (Qom Province) (2007 - 3 Jan 2017)
- Human Rights Violation: Execution of death sentences in public (2007 - 3 Jan 2017) read more
  
  Institution
  
  Prosecutors
  
  Location
  
  Qom (Qom Province)
  
  Rights Violated
  
  Right to a fair trial, Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of religion and belief, Right to life
  
  Description
  
  Mostafa Barzegar Ganji, as the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Qom, was responsible for arbitrary detentions, torture, and public executions, especially the execution of prisoners for their religious beliefs. On 22 December, 2008, Barzegar Ganji announced the execution of five people, including 41-year-old Alireza Peygan, for allegedly claiming the Shia Imamate. In September 2007, a prisoner named Mohammad Hosseinzadeh Abu Jassi, known as "Darwish", was executed in public in Qom on charges of "claiming to be the Imam of the Age." Mustafa Barzegar Ganji had announced that five other prisoners were in deathrow in Qom as "claimants of the Imam of the Age." Ganji announced the execution of eight drug-related defendants in Qom Central Prison on 3 December, 2010.
  
  Sources
  
  Qom Prosecutor: We will execute the attackers of Beheshti Hospital on the spot, Entekhab, 2014
  
  https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%B4%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85.pdf
  
  Execution of eight drug dealers in Qom Central Prison, Fararo, 3 December, 2010
  
  https://fararu.com/fa/news/65197/%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%87%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D9%82%D8%A7%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%82%DA%86%D9%8A-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B2%DB%8C-%D9%82%D9%85
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  A fortuneteller was hanged in public in Qom, Mehr News Agency, 11 September, 2007
  
  https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%82%D9%85-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B4%D8%AF.pdf
  
  A claimant to the Imamate was executed in the city of Qom, Radio Farda, 1 December 2008
  
  https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B9%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1-%D9%82%D9%85-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B4%D8%AF.pdf
Assistant Prosecutor in Supreme Court, National (Jan 2017 - present)
Head of the General Directorate for Supervision of Prison Officers and Execution of Sentences, National (Jan 2017 - present)

These violations may only be part of the human rights violations that this person has been involved in. The investigation into this person's human rights record is ongoing.

Legal Developments

On 10 October, 2011, the European Union placed 29 Iranian officials on the human rights sanctions list, including Mostafa Barzegar Ganji, for their role in widespread and severe violations of the rights of Iranian citizens. According to the decision, Ganji was barred from entering the countries of the union and all his assets will be confiscated in Europe. The EU statement asserts that Ganji was responsible for arbitrary detentions, ill-treatment and mass execution of prisoners, and for "grave violations of the principles of fair trial."

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