Hashem Khastar
Iranian teacher and union leader
About Hashem Khastar
Born 1953.
Hashem Khastar (; born June 2, 1953) is a former teacher at the Agriculture Technical High School in Mashhad in northeastern Iran, and an agricultural engineer and the Head of the Mashhad Teachers Union.
Background
He has been detained several times for defending teachers' rights and participating in rally protests of teachers and was imprisoned from 2009 to 2011 in Mashhad's notorious Vakilabad Prison.
In a letter he said that "the root of the corruption and all the problems, was Ali Khamenei" the Supreme Leader of Iran, and that he had to be held accountable.
On October 23, 2018, he disappeared in the city of Mashhad, and was being detained by the Islamic Republic's Intelligence Ministry at a psychiatric hospital, his wife disclosed in an interview.
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Who is Hashem Khastar?
Iranian teacher and union leader
When was Hashem Khastar born?
Hashem Khastar was born on 2 June 1953 in Birjand.
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