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Mona Mahmudnizhad

1965 - 1983

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Mona Mahmudnizhad (Persian: مونا محمود نژاد, September 10, 1965 – June 18, 1983) was an Iranian Baháʼí who, in 1983, together with nine other Baháʼí women, was sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran, on the grounds of being a member of the Baháʼí Faith. The official charges ranged from "misleading children and youth" to being a "Zionist", as the Baháʼí World Centre is located in Israel. The nonprofit Mona Foundation focusing on girls' education was named after her in 2001. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Mona Mahmudnizhad is the 689th most popular social activist, the 31st most popular biography from Yemen and the 2nd most popular Yemeni Social Activist.

Mona Mahmudnizhad is most famous for being an Iranian Baháʼí who was executed in 1983 for her religious beliefs. She is remembered as a symbol of the persecution faced by Baháʼís in Iran.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Mona Mahmudnizhad ranks 689 out of 840. Before her are Luis Taruc, Emily Murphy, Arthur Scargill, Maryam Namazie, Rachel Corrie, and Amelia Boynton Robinson. After her are Henrietta Edwards, Guo Jianmei, Bobby Henderson, Randa Siniora, Anna Howard Shaw, and Anna Sharyhina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Mona Mahmudnizhad ranks 617. Before her are Philippe Torreton, Goldie, Hamed Bakayoko, Andrea Jaeger, Albrecht Mayer, and Fabián Cancelarich. After her are Jüri Jaanson, Svetlana Paramygina, Manolo, David Harewood, Graeme Obree, and Essam Abdel-Fatah. Among people deceased in 1983, Mona Mahmudnizhad ranks 273. Before her are Vic Lindquist, Harold Stephen Black, Alexei Guryshev, Keith Holyoake, William Demarest, and Elisabeth Lutyens. After her are Billy Fury, Ruby Myers, Alice White, Julio Rosales, Gale Page, and Stan Rogers.

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In Yemen

Among people born in Yemen, Mona Mahmudnizhad ranks 31 out of 35. Before her are Abdullah al-Sallal (1917), Ahmad al-Ghashmi (1935), Ali Muhammad Mujawar (1953), Abdul Qadir Bajamal (1946), Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak (null), and Ahmed Obaid Bin Dagher (1952). After her are Khadija al-Salami (1966), Mohammed al-Houthi (1979), Saleh Ali al-Sammad (1979), Khaled Bahah (1965), Ramzi bin al-Shibh (1972), and Mahdi al-Mashat (null).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Yemen

Among social activists born in Yemen, Mona Mahmudnizhad ranks 2. Before her are Tawakkol Karman (1979).

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