(1926-07-27)27 July 1926 Givi, Khalkhal, Ardabil Province, Iran
Died
26 November 2003(2003-11-26) (aged 77) Tehran, Iran
Political party
Combatant Clergy Association (1979–1988)
Association of Combatant Clerics (1988–2003)
Children
3
Alma mater
Qom Seminary
Occupation
Judge; Executioner
Nickname
Hanging Judge[2]
Mohammed Sadeq Givi Khalkhali (Persian: محمدصادق گیوی خلخالی; 27 July 1926 – 26 November 2003)[3] was an Iranian Shia cleric 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".[4][5][6] A farmer's son from Iranian Azeri origins was born in Givi, Azerbaijani S.S.R., U.S.S.R. (now in Azerbaijan Republic).[7] He is also reported to have born in Kivi, Khalkhal, in the Khalkhal County, Iran (ergo his name).[8] Khalkhali has been described as "a small, rotund man with a pointed beard, kindly smile, and a high-pitched giggle" by The Daily Telegraph.[4]
^"1982 Assembly of Experts Election", The Iran Social Science Data Portal, Princeton University, retrieved 10 August 2015
^ abAyatollah Sadegh Khalkhali The Daily Telegraph 28 November 2003
^Erdbrink, Thomas (3 May 2018). "A Mummy Turned Up in Iran. Could It Be the Former Shah?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
^"Iranian 'Hanging Judge' Dies at 77". AP NEWS. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
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