Hossein Khezri
Iranian activist
About Hossein Khezri
Lived 1982 – 2011 (aged 28–29). Hossein Khezri was an Iranian.
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 against him was "waging war against God" due to his membership in the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK). He was arrested in Kermanshah in 2008 and held at the Urmia prison.
Khezri was an unmarried atheist who had dropped out of school in the eighth grade to support his family. He worked at a carpet weaving store where unsanitary conditions led to him losing 70% of his eyesight.
He was executed on 15 January 2011, in Oroumieh, West Azarbaijan, Iran. Notably, his family and lawyer were not informed of his execution until after the sentence had been carried out.
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Who was Hossein Khezri?
Iranian activist
When was Hossein Khezri born?
Hossein Khezri was born in 1982.
When did Hossein Khezri die?
Hossein Khezri died on 15 January 2011 in Evin Prison.
What nationality was Hossein Khezri?
Hossein Khezri was Iranian.
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