Date: 2026-10-25
City: Tehran
Province: Tehran
Country: Iran
Health Status: Deceased
1988-09-01
1988-09-01
Status: Executed
Rahim Shams was an officer in the Iranian Army who worked at the Ministry of Defence. He was subsequently charged with spying for the Tudeh Party, receiving an initial sentence of life imprisonment, which was later upgraded to a death sentence.
He was arrested in February 1983. His trial took place in Tehran in December 1983, where he was sentenced to life imprisonment for his membership in the Tudeh Party of Iran and for espionage. However, in September 1988, during the mass execution of political prisoners at Evin Prison, he was executed by hanging.
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