Hossein Khezri

حسین خضری

28 years old · Urmia · West Azerbaijan Province

15 January 2011 Executed

Life

• He started working in a carpet-weaving workshop to help with the family's livelihood
  Persian original

  برای کمک به معاش خانواده در کارگاه قالیبافی مشغول به کار شد

• Single
  Persian original

  مجرد

• Because of poverty, Mr. Khezri was forced to leave school in the third year of middle school and started working in a carpet-weaving workshop to help with the family's livelihood
  Persian original

  آقای خضری به دلیل فقر، از کلاس سوم راهنمایی مجبور به ترک تحصیل شد و برای کمک به معاش خانواده در کارگاه قالیبافی مشغول به کار شد

• According to his lawyer, he lost 70 percent of his eyesight because of poor working conditions in the workshop
  Persian original

  به گفته وکیلش، او به دلیل شرایط نامناسب کار در کارگاه، ۷۰ درصد بینایی خود را از دست داد

• His fellow prisoner also describes him as a kind, self-sacrificing and talented person who was interested in studying and learning and eagerly attended English language classes in prison
  Persian original

  هم‌بندیش نیز او را فردی مهربان و فداکار و با استعداد می‌داند که به درس و یادگیری علاقمند بود و در کلاس‌های آموزش زبان انگلیسی در زندان، با اشتیاق شرکت می‌کرد

• In his letter from prison to his family he wrote that instead of paying his debt to his family, he had wanted to pay this debt to his nation and be the child of the whole society
  Persian original

  او در نامه‌اش از زندان خطاب به خانواده‌اش نوشت که به جای ادای دین به خانواده‌‌، خواسته است که این دین را به ملتش ادا کند و فرزند همه جامعه باشد

• A few years after joining PJAK, Mr. Khezri decided to marry and return to a normal life
  Persian original

  آقای خضری چند سال پس از حضور در پژاک، تصمیم گرفت ازدواج کند و به زندگی عادی برگردد

In the words of those close to them

According to his brother, he was a well-behaved, good-natured and pleasant person, and his social conduct earned the respect of most people (Jaras, 25 Dey 1389).— His brother

Persian original

به گفته برادرش، او فردی خوش‌رفتار، خوش‌اخلاق و خوش‌برخورد بود و رفتار اجتماعی‌اش، برای بیشترافراد احترام‌انگیز بود (جرس، ۲۵ دی ۱۳۸۹).

The case

• Mr. Khezri was executed on 25 Dey 1389 in Urmia prison, secretly and without legal formalities
  Persian original

  آقای خضری در ۲۵ دی ۱۳۸۹ در زندان ارومیه، مخفیانه و بدون طی تشریفات قانونی اعدام شد

• Execution » hanging
  Persian original

  اعدام » حلق آویز

After their death

• Mr. Khezri's family heard the news of their child's execution on state television news
  Persian original

  خانواده آقای خضری در اخبار تلویزیون دولتی خبر اعدام فرزندشان را شنیدند

• Security and judicial agents did not hand over Mr. Khezri's body to his family and also concealed his burial place
  Persian original

  ماموران امنیتی و قضایی جنازه آقای خضری را به خانواده‌اش تحویل ندادند و محل دفن او را نیز پنهان کردند

• During one of his visits to the Intelligence Office's information centre to get news of his son, Mr. Khezri's father suffered a stroke in front of the Intelligence Office and died in hospital
  Persian original

  پدر آقای خضری در جریان یکی از مراجعاتش به ستاد خبری اداره اطلاعات برای کسب خبر از فرزندش، در مقابل اداره اطلاعات دچار سکته مغزی شد و در بیمارستان فوت کرد

• Meanwhile, Mr. Khezri's fiancée was also sentenced to two years in prison
  Persian original

  در این بین نامزد آقای خضری هم به دو سال حبس محکوم شد

Sources

1. Abdorrahman Boroumand Center — Omid memorial
2. English Wikipedia
3. Persian Wikipedia

The name is recorded in at least two independent sources or in a human-rights organisation’s report.

Listed in

• Executed
• Executed on charges of “moharebeh”, “baghi”, “corruption on earth” or espionage
• Kurdish citizens
• The year 1389 (2010–2011)
• West Azerbaijan Province
• Urmia

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