Sadegh Khalkhali
1926 - 2003
Kivi, Azerbaijan
Actor
Biography
Mohammed Sadeq Givi Khalkhali (Persian: 26 July 1926 – 26 November 2003) 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". A farmer's son from Iranian Azeri origins, Khalkhali was born in Givi, Azerba
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