Sadegh Khalkhali
Teacher, Deceased Person
1926 – 2003
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Who was Sadegh Khalkhali?
Mohammed Sadeq Givi Khalkhali was a hardline Shia cleric of the Islamic Republic of Iran who is said to have "brought to his job as Chief Justice of the revolutionary courts a relish for summary execution" that earned him a reputation as Iran's "hanging judge". A farmer's son born in Givi in appearance Khalkhali was "a small, rotund man with a pointed beard, kindly smile, and a high-pitched giggle."
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- Born
- Jul 27, 1926
Kivi, Iran - Children
- Nationality
- Iran
- Profession
- Education
- Qom Hawza
- Lived in
- Tehran
- Died
- Nov 26, 2003
Tehran
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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