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Atefeh Sahaaleh

1987 - 2004

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Atefeh Rajabi Sahaaleh (Persian: عاطفه رجبی سهاله; September 21, 1987 – August 15, 2004) was an Iranian girl from the town of Neka, Mazandaran Province, who was executed a week after being sentenced to death by Haji Rezai, head of Neka's court, on charges of adultery and crimes against chastity after being repeatedly raped. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Atefeh Sahaaleh is the 276th most popular extremist, the 494th most popular biography from Iran (up from 537th in 2019) and the most popular Iranian Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Atefeh Sahaaleh ranks 276 out of 283. Before her are Tohir Yoʻldosh, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Noordin Mohammad Top, Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Moses Sithole, and Wail al-Shehri. After her are Aliaskhab Kebekov, James Holmes, Robert William Fisher, Colin Pitchfork, Mohand al-Shehri, and Baitullah Mehsud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Atefeh Sahaaleh ranks 357. Before her are Mikhail Kukushkin, Sara Canning, Park So-yeon, Luka Šulić, Jason Mitchell, and Mohammad Al-Sahlawi. After her are Katsuya Senzaki, Víctor Vázquez Solsona, Vitorino Antunes, Robin Haase, Dragan Labović, and Freja Beha Erichsen. Among people deceased in 2004, Atefeh Sahaaleh ranks 334. Before her are Munir Said Thalib, Rodger Ward, Max Abramovitz, Richard Biggs, Yash Johar, and Hugh Shearer. After her are Salvador Laurel, Brock Adams, Albeiro Usuriaga, Malika Pukhraj, FannyAnn Eddy, and Johnny Warren.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Atefeh Sahaaleh ranks 489 out of 631. Before her are Samira Makhmalbaf (1980). After her are Tami Stronach (1972), Ashkan Dejagah (1986), Roya Hakakian (1966), Shermine Shahrivar (1982), Mohsen Namjoo (1976), Ebrahim Hatamikia (1961), Ehsan Hajsafi (1990), Taraneh Javanbakht (1974), Alireza Firouzja (2003), Babak Zanjani (1974), and Killing of Neda Agha-Soltan (null).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Iran

Among extremists born in Iran, Atefeh Sahaaleh ranks 1. After her are Mohammed Bijeh (1982), Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (1978), and Zeynab Jalalian (1982).

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