Habib Chaab | |
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![]() Chaab during a court hearing in 2022 | |
Born | Habib Farajollah Chaab 1 July 1973 |
Died | 6 May 2023 | (aged 49)
Nationality | Iranian / Swedish |
Other names | Habib Osayved |
Citizenship | Iran, Sweden |
Occupation(s) | Political activist Political prisoner |
Habib Farajollah Chaab ( Persian: حبیب فرجالله چعب; Arabic: حبيب فرجلله شاب), known as Habib Osayved ( Persian: حبیب اسیود; 1 July 1973 [1] [2] – 6 May 2023), was an Iranian Arab political activist with Swedish citizenship, founder and leader of Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz. [3] [4] [5] [6] In October 2020, having lived in exile in Sweden for 14 years, [7] he visited Turkey where he was abducted and smuggled to Iran. [8] [9] Turkish security sources state that Iranian intelligence was behind Chaab's kidnapping. [10]
Chaab was executed by hanging in Iran, on 6 May 2023, after being accused of masterminding a 2018 attack on a military parade that killed 25 people. He was 49. [11] The European Union afterwards strongly verbally condemned the execution and reiterated its strong opposition to the application of the death penalty in all circumstances.
Habib Chaab | |
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![]() Chaab during a court hearing in 2022 | |
Born | Habib Farajollah Chaab 1 July 1973 |
Died | 6 May 2023 | (aged 49)
Nationality | Iranian / Swedish |
Other names | Habib Osayved |
Citizenship | Iran, Sweden |
Occupation(s) | Political activist Political prisoner |
Habib Farajollah Chaab ( Persian: حبیب فرجالله چعب; Arabic: حبيب فرجلله شاب), known as Habib Osayved ( Persian: حبیب اسیود; 1 July 1973 [1] [2] – 6 May 2023), was an Iranian Arab political activist with Swedish citizenship, founder and leader of Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz. [3] [4] [5] [6] In October 2020, having lived in exile in Sweden for 14 years, [7] he visited Turkey where he was abducted and smuggled to Iran. [8] [9] Turkish security sources state that Iranian intelligence was behind Chaab's kidnapping. [10]
Chaab was executed by hanging in Iran, on 6 May 2023, after being accused of masterminding a 2018 attack on a military parade that killed 25 people. He was 49. [11] The European Union afterwards strongly verbally condemned the execution and reiterated its strong opposition to the application of the death penalty in all circumstances.