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Farzad Kamangar
35 years old·Tehran
2010-05-09
A teacher who was executed for teaching Kurdish language and literature to children. He spent years in solitary confinement before his execution.
“Education is not a crime”
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Farhad Salimi
Age43 years old
CityKaraj
Date2024-01-23
Cause of DeathExecuted after 14 years on death row at Ghezelhesar Prison
Dreams and Aspirations
To serve his community and preserve Kurdish Islamic traditions
Life Story
A 43-year-old Sunni Kurdish cleric from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province. Arrested in January 2010 with six co-defendants and spent 14 years on death row. He was on hunger strike protesting his co-defendants' executions when he was executed.
Last Words
My faith and my people will outlive this tyranny
Impact and Legacy
His execution was part of systematic targeting of Sunni Kurdish clerics
Related Eternal Names
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Reza (Gholamreza) Rasaei
34 years old·Kermanshah
2024-08-06
A 34-year-old Kurdish protester of Yarsan religious faith from Sahneh, Kermanshah province. He was arrested during November 2022 protests and subjected to torture and unfair trial based on extracted confessions.
“My Kurdish heritage and Yarsan faith are not crimes”
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Khosro Besharat
30 years old·Karaj
2024-05-15
A Kurdish prisoner of conscience from Mahabad who spent over 14 years in detention after arrest in January 2010. He was subjected to torture and denied fair trial. Sixth of seven co-defendants executed in systematic persecution campaign.
“Kurdistan will remember its children”
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Their Path Continues
The memory of our eternal names lives in our hearts and will continue until Iran is free
Woman, Life, Freedom