Hossein Khezri (Persian حسین خضری) was an Iranian Kurdish activist who was sentenced to death by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Court in 2009. The charge was "waging war against God" through membership in the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK).[1][2] He was arrested in Kermanshah in 2008 and was held at the prison of Urmia.

Khezri was an unmarried atheist and had dropped out of school at eighth grade to support his family. He worked at a carpet weaving store. Unsanitary conditions led to him losing 70% of his eyesight.[3]

He was executed on 15 January 2011 at Oroumieh, West Azarbaijan, Iran. His family as well as his lawyer were not informed of his execution until after the sentence was carried out.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "URGENT: Hossein Khezri, a Kurdish political prisoner is at imminent risk of execution - Iran Human Rights". Archived from the original on 2011-03-02. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  2. ↑ "URGENT: Hossein Khezri, a Kurdish political prisoner is at imminent risk of execution". iranhr.net. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
  3. ↑ "Hossein Khezri: One Person's Story". Abdorrahman Boroumand Center. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2011-01-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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