Reza Rasaei

Reza Rasaei (; – 6 August 2024) was a Kurdish human rights activist. Rasaei was arrested during the Mahsa Amini protests in 2022 and sentenced to death in a trial described as a "sham" by Amnesty International, and was the tenth protester to be executed.

Biography Rasaei was an Iranian Kurd and a follower of Yarsanism. He was from Sahneh in Kermanshah province.

On 18 November 2022, Rasaei attended a commemoration in Sahneh marking the death of the Yarsani spiritual leader Seyed Khalil Alinezhad. The memorial developed into a protest in memory of Kian Pirtalak, a child who had been killed two days earlier by security forces in Izeh during the crackdown on the Mahsa Amini protests. Rasaei had protested holding a photo of his cousin, who was detained by state officials at the time; he later stated he had received a telephone call from security forces prior to the memorial warning him not to participate in any protests.

Rasaei reportedly confessed to Birami's murder, though it was alleged that the confession had been obtained under torture, including beatings, electric shocks, suffocation, solitary confinement and sexual violence. On 16 January 2024, Branch 1 of the Supreme Court rejected Rasaei's request for a judicial review of his trial and the investigation into Birami's death. Rasaei and his family were not given prior notice of his execution. Dadbar reported that Rasaei had maintained his innocence until his death. His family were reportedly forced to bury his body in a location far from his hometown in the presence of security forces. Amnesty International described Rasaei's execution as "an abhorrent arbitrary execution" and said he had been subjected to torture and mistreatment in detention, including sexual violence.