Rahim Rashidi

رحیم رشیدی

50 years old · Shiraz · Fars Province

30 October 2013 Executed

Life

• He was a cleric and prayer leader in the village of Qulanji
  Persian original

  او روحانی و در روستای قولنجی امام جماعت بود

• Married, with three sons and two daughters
  Persian original

  متاهل، دارای سه پسر و دو دختر

• Between 1358 and 1362 Mr. Rashidi was a member of the secret organisation of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan
  Persian original

  آقای رشیدی مابین سال‌های ۱۳۵۸ تا ۱۳۶۲ عضو تشکیلات مخفی حزب دمکرات کردستان ایران بود

• The court judge had also told Mr. Rashidi at the trial session that if he changed his religion from Sunni to Shia, he would reduce his sentence, but Mr. Rashidi had refused
  Persian original

  هم چنین قاضی دادگاه در جلسه محاکمه به آقای رشیدی گفته بود که در صورت تغییر مذهب از اهل تسنن به تشیع، حکم او را تقلیل خواهد داد، اما آقای رشیدی نپذیرفته بود

• In the last days in prison, and because the date of his execution was changed several times, Mr. Rashidi was not in a good psychological state
  Persian original

  آقای رشیدی در روزهای آخر زندان و به دلیل اینکه چندین بار تاریخ اجرای اعدام وی تغییر کرد، از لحاظ روانی وضعیت خوبی نداشت

In the words of those close to them

“My uncle was a very patriotic person. He was very passionate about being Kurdish. In every village or gathering he tried to talk about the rights of the Kurds and the fate of the Kurds; they had even warned him once or twice: stay away from politics, do your work as a mullah, don't talk politics with people and don't draw people's sympathy towards yourself.”— Mr. Rashidi's nephew (brother's son)

Persian original

«عمویم انسان خیلی وطن پرستی بود. خیلی روی کرد بودنش تعصب داشت. در هر روستا یا مجلسی سعی می کرد از حق کرد و سرنوشت کرد حرف بزند، حتی یک یا دوبار به او هشدار داده بودند که دور سیاست را خط بکش و ملایی خودت را بکن و در مورد سیاسی با مردم حرف نزن و گرایش مردم را هم به سوی خودت نکش.»

The case

• The sentence of Mr. Rahim Rashidi: he was hanged together with 2 others on 8 Aban 1392 in Adelabad Prison in Shiraz
  Persian original

  حکم آقای رحیم رشیدی به همراه ٢ نفر دیگر در روز ٨ آبان ١٣٩٢ در زندان عادل‌آباد شیراز به دار آویخته شد

• Execution » hanging
  Persian original

  اعدام » حلق آویز

After their death

• Mr. Rashidi's family buried his body in the village of Jatar
  Persian original

  خانواده‌ آقای رشیدی جسد او را در روستای جتر دفن کردند

• The IRGC, in plain clothes, controlled and monitored his mourning ceremony
  Persian original

  سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی با لباس شخصی مراسم سوگواری وی را کنترل و تحت نظر گرفتند

Sources

1. Abdorrahman Boroumand Center — Omid memorial

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

Listed in

• Executed
• Executed for drug-related offences
• Sunni Muslims
• The year 1392 (2013–2014)
• Fars Province
• Shiraz

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