# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sadegh-khalkhali
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:14:39.712Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sadegh-khalkhali"
name: "Sadegh Khalkhali"
slug: "sadegh-khalkhali"
description: "Mohammed Sadeq Givi Khalkhali was an Iranian Shia cleric who was the Head of the Islamic Revolutionary Court from 1979 to 1980. He is said to have \"brought to his job as Chief Justice of the revolutionary courts a relish for summary execution\" that earned him a reputation as Iran's \"hanging judge\". A farmer's son from Iranian Azeri origins, Khalkhali was born in Kivi, in the Khalkhal County, Iran. Khalkhali has been described as \"a small, rotund man with a pointed beard, kindly smile, and a high-pitched giggle\" by The Daily Telegraph."
tagline: "Iranian cleric and executor (1926–2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Khalkhali.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1926-07-27"
deathDate: "2003-11-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.59
  momentum:             13.90322580645161
  historical:           14.889384
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سادق خەڵخاڵی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sadegh Chalchali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadegh_Khalkhali"
    title: "Sadegh Khalkhali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "صادق خلخالی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sadeq Khalkhali"
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    title: "Sadegh Khalkhali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sadegh Chalchali"
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    title: "Sadeq Khalkhali"
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  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sad%C4%B1k_Halhali"
    title: "Sadık Halhali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%82_%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump