Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution..Révolution Islamique de 1979 en Iran.
Ayatollah Sadeq Khalkhali, the head of Iran's Revolutionary Courts at his home in Jamaran, During his two years on the job, Khalkhali's actions earned him the monikers "the butcher" and "the hanging judge." As prosecutor, judge and jury, Khalkhali reportedly ordered the execution of hundreds of people, including top military officers and secret police leaders, during the months after the 1979 revolution. As many as 60 Kurds a day were also killed,Tehran,Iran 1980...also created the judicial concept of "obvious guilt," whereby the accused is presumed guilty if his or her crimes were "very clear" prior to trial..Although Khalkhali was unrepentant about his rulings, Ayatollah Khomeini asked him to resign in 1980. For the past decade, Khalkhali lived quietly, teaching religious studies in Qom, he died on Nov. 26 from a series of health problems. He was 77. Iran.