Habib Farajollah Chaab (; ), known as Habib Osayved (; 1 July 1973 – 6 May 2023), was an Iranian Arab political activist with Swedish citizenship, founder and leader of

Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz The Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz (; abbreviated ASMLA) is an Arab nationalism, Arab nationalist and Arab separatism in Khuzestan, separatist insurgent group which advocates the secession of an area in southern Iran including ...

. In October 2020, having lived in exile in Sweden for 14 years, he visited Turkey where he was abducted and smuggled to Iran. Turkish security sources state that

Iranian intelligence The Ministry of Intelligence of the Islamic Republic of Iran (), also known as the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), is the primary intelligence agency, and secret police force, of the Islamic Republic of Iran and a member of the ...

was behind Chaab's kidnapping. Chaab was executed by hanging in Iran, on 6 May 2023, after being accused of masterminding a 2018 attack on a military parade that killed 25 people. He was 49. The 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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