Executed Iranian people

Mansour al-Hallaj () or Mansour Hallaj () ( 26 March 922) (Hijri 309 AH) was a mystic, poet, and teacher of Sufism. He was best known for his saying, "I am the Truth" ("''Ana'l-Ḥaqq''"), which many saw as a claim to divinity, while others interpreted it as an instance of annihilation of the ego, which allowed God to speak through him. Al-Hallaj gained a wide following as a preacher before he became implicated in power struggles of the Abbasid court and was executed after a long period of confinement on religious and political charges. Although most of his Sufi contemporaries disapproved of his

Persian physician and historian (1247-1318)

Bessus or Bessos (; ), also known by his throne name Artaxerxes V ( ; ; died summer 329 BC), was a Persian satrap of the eastern Achaemenid satrapy of Bactria, as well as the self-proclaimed King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire from 330 to 329 BC.

Persian philosopher and founder of the school of Illuminationism

8th-century Persian author and translator

Iranian politician (1919-1979)

Táhirih (Ṭāhira) (, "The Pure One," also called Qurrat al-ʿAyn ( "Solace/Consolation of the Eyes") are both titles of Fatimah Baraghani/Umm-i Salmih (1814 or 1817 – August 16–27, 1852), an influential poet, women's rights activist and theologian of the Bábí faith in Iran. She was one of the Letters of the Living, the first group of followers of the Báb. Her life, influence and execution made her a key figure of the religion. The daughter of Muhammad Salih Baraghani, she was born into one of the most prominent families of her time. Táhirih led a radical interpretation that, though it split the

Prime Minister of Iran (1807-1852)

Founder and Supreme Guide of the Republic of Mahabad (1893–1947)

Persian poet who wrote in Arabic (714–783)

Iranian terrorist

Executed Iranian citizen (1987–2004)

Iranian Shi'a theologian (1843–1909)

Soviet general (1887-1937)

Jináb-i-Quddús () (c.1820–1849), is the title of Mullá Muḥammad ʻAlí-i-Bárfurúshi, who was the most prominent disciple of the Báb. He was the eighteenth and final Letter of the Living.

Iranian writer and academic

Persian politician (1910-1979)

Iranian politician

German-Iranian software engineer, member of the Kingdom Assembly of Iran

Iranian politician

Iranian military and political leader and governor (died 1632)

group of humans

Iranian politician (1785-1801)

Iran wrestler

Hormuzan (Middle Persian: Hormazdān, New Persian: ) was a Persian aristocrat who served as the governor of Khuzestan, and was one of the Sasanian military officers at the Battle of al-Qādisiyyah. He was later taken prisoner by the Muslims after the fall of Shushtar in 642. Two years later, he was accused of the assassination of the Rashidun caliph Umar, and was killed by Ubayd Allah, the deceased caliph's son.

prince of Persia

Iranian journalist, poet, and communist activist (1944–1974)

10th century Persian Ismaili missionary and Neo-Platonic philosopher

Varsken (Middle Persian: Vazgēn) was an Iranian prince from the Mihranid family of Gugark, who served as the (margrave) of the region from 470 to 482. He was the son and successor of Arshusha II.

Executed Iranian Kurdish activist (1975-2010)

Iranian politician (1915-1958)

Persian Shi'a theologian (1840–1910)

Iranian vizier of Ghaznavid Empire

Iranian reformist Shia cleric and nationalist (1861–1911)

Persian-born ethnic Armenian communist and economist (1889–1938)

Iranian saint

a Revolution during the Constitutionalization attempts in Iran in 1906

Executed dual Dutch-Iranian citizen

Member of the Kingdom Assembly of Iran

Iranian Kurdish activist (1981–2009)

Member of the Kingdom Assembly of Iran (1990–2010)

Ahudemmeh was the Grand Metropolitan of the East in the Syriac Orthodox Church from 559 until his execution in 575. He was known as the Apostle of the Arabs, and is commemorated as a saint by the Syriac Orthodox Church.

Executed Iranian Kurd

Israeli Irgun Member (1923–1947)

Safavid military commander and official (c.1588–1643)

Iranian general