Sakineh Ghasemi

Iranian prostitute executed by order of the Islamic Revolutionary Court Date Of Death : 1979-07-12T00:00:00Z

Sakineh Ghasemi, also known as Pari Bolandeh and commonly referred to as the tall fairy, was an Iranian sex worker. She was arrested after the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the burning of the Shahr-e No neighbourhood, and was executed on 12 July 1979, along with two other sex workers, on charges of “waging war against God.” In contemporary literature and popular culture, her and her destiny have been mentioned many times.

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