# Habib Chaab

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{{Short description|Iranian-Swedish political activist (1973–2023)}}
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| name               = Habib Chaab
| image              = The first court hearing of Habib Farjullah Chaab, nicknamed Habib Aswad.jpg
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| caption            = Chaab during a court hearing in 2022
| birth_name         = Habib Farajollah Chaab
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1973|7|1|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [Eyleh-ye Yek](/source/Eyleh-ye_Yek), [Shushtar](/source/Shushtar_County), [Khuzestan province](/source/Khuzestan_province), [Pahlavi Iran](/source/Pahlavi_Iran)
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2023|5|6|1973|7|1|df=y}}
| death_place        = [Iran](/source/Iran)
| citizenship        = Iran, Sweden
| other_names        = Habib Osayved
| occupation         = Political activist<br>[Political prisoner](/source/Political_prisoner)
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'''Habib Farajollah Chaab''' ({{langx|fa|حبیب فرج‌الله چعب}}; {{langx|ar|حبيب فرج الله شاب}}), known as '''Habib Osayved''' ({{langx|fa|حبیب اسیود}}; 1 July 1973<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.birthday.se/Habib-Chaab/Norrk%C3%B6ping/1973/46c8aae4e4|title=Habib Chaab, 49 år i Norrköping på Grundläggaregatan 12 – telefon, ålder och födelsedag|website=Birthday.se}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eniro.se/habib+chaab+norrk%c3%b6ping/5740304/person|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506165130/https://www.eniro.se/habib+chaab+norrk%C3%B6ping/5740304/person|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 May 2023|title=Habib Chaab, 49 år, Grundläggaregatan, NORRKÖPING &#124; eniro.se|website=eniro.se}}</ref> – 6 May 2023), was an [Iranian Arab](/source/Iranian_Arab) political activist with Swedish citizenship, founder and leader of [Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz](/source/Arab_Struggle_Movement_for_the_Liberation_of_Ahwaz).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.sky.com/story/habib-chaab-files-show-how-dissident-was-kidnapped-in-turkey-after-honeytrap-plot-by-iran-12164228 |title=Habib Chaab: Files show how Iranian dissident was kidnapped in Turkey after 'honeytrap by Iran' |first=Alex |last=Crawford |date=17 December 2020 |publisher=Sky News |access-date=22 December 2020 |archive-date=25 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125110541/https://news.sky.com/story/habib-chaab-files-show-how-dissident-was-kidnapped-in-turkey-after-honeytrap-plot-by-iran-12164228 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2020/12/13/Turkey-confirms-Iran-s-kidnapping-of-former-ASMLA-leader-Habib-Chaab-on-its-soil |title=Turkey confirms Iran's kidnapping of former ASMLA leader Habib Chaab on its soil |first=Rawad |last=Taha |date=13 December 2020 |publisher=Al Arabiya |access-date=22 December 2020 |archive-date=25 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125052935/https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2020/12/13/Turkey-confirms-Iran-s-kidnapping-of-former-ASMLA-leader-Habib-Chaab-on-its-soil |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dusc.org/en/articles/9211/ |title=Turkey's allegations about Habib Chaab's abduction add to the mystery |first1=Kamil |last1=Alboshoka |first2=Irina |last2=Tsukerman |first3=Rahim |last3=Hamid |date=20 December 2020 |publisher=Dur Untash Studies Centre |access-date=22 December 2020 |archive-date=20 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220045716/https://www.dusc.org/en/articles/9211/ |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/extremism-watch_iran-arrests-arab-opposition-activist-habib-chaab/6198416.html |title=Iran Arrests Arab Opposition Activist Habib Chaab |first=Mehdi |last=Jedinia |date=15 November 2020 |work=Voice of America |access-date=22 December 2020 |archive-date=3 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203030050/https://www.voanews.com/extremism-watch/iran-arrests-arab-opposition-activist-habib-chaab |url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2020, having lived in exile in [Sweden](/source/Sweden) for 14 years,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/12/habib-chaab-iran-turkey-dissident-asmla-zindasti-smuggle.html |title=Turkey arrests 11 over abduction of Iranian dissident |author=Al-Monitor Staff |date=14 December 2020 |work=Al-Monitor |access-date=22 December 2020 |archive-date=24 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224150738/https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/12/habib-chaab-iran-turkey-dissident-asmla-zindasti-smuggle.html |url-status=live}}</ref> he visited [Turkey](/source/Turkey) where he was abducted and smuggled to [Iran](/source/Iran).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/14/turkey-detains-11-over-abduction-of-iranian-dissident |title=Turkey detains 11 over abduction of Iranian dissident |date=14 December 2020 |website=[Al Jazeera](/source/Al_Jazeera_English) |access-date=22 December 2020 |archive-date=18 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218150435/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/14/turkey-detains-11-over-abduction-of-iranian-dissident |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://fr.reuters.com/article/iran-security-arrest-turkey-int-idUSKBN28O1HD |title=Turkey detains 11 over abduction of Iranian dissident – police |date=14 December 2020 |agency=Reuters|access-date=22 December 2020 |archive-date=14 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214164807/https://fr.reuters.com/article/iran-security-arrest-turkey-int-idUSKBN28O1HD |url-status=dead}}</ref> Turkish security sources state that [Iranian intelligence](/source/Ministry_of_Intelligence_(Iran)) was behind Chaab's kidnapping.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.trtworld.com/turkey/turkey-says-iranian-intelligence-behind-kidnapping-of-dissident-chaab-42349 |title=Turkey says Iranian intelligence behind kidnapping of dissident Chaab |date=14 December 2020 |work=[TRT World](/source/TRT_World) |access-date=22 December 2020 |archive-date=15 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215054111/https://www.trtworld.com/turkey/turkey-says-iranian-intelligence-behind-kidnapping-of-dissident-chaab-42349 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Chaab was executed by hanging in Iran, on 6 May 2023, after being accused of masterminding a [2018 attack on a military parade](/source/Ahvaz_military_parade_attack) that killed 25 people. He was 49.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gambrell |first=Jon |date=6 May 2023 |title=Iran hangs Iranian-Swedish man over 2018 attack killing 25 |url=https://apnews.com/article/iran-execution-deadly-attack-parade-acd9dd6ceecf28ad48e6d52e722185a4 |access-date=6 May 2023 |agency=Associated Press |language=en |archive-date=6 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506115121/https://apnews.com/article/iran-execution-deadly-attack-parade-acd9dd6ceecf28ad48e6d52e722185a4 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [European Union](/source/European_Union) afterwards strongly verbally condemned the execution and reiterated its strong opposition to the application of the death penalty in all circumstances.

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Category:Kidnappings in Turkey
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Category:Executed Iranian people by the Islamic Republic of Iran
Category:Foreign nationals imprisoned in Iran

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