Habib Chaab

{{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, Shushtar, Khuzestan province, Pahlavi Iran

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|5|6|1973|7|1|df=y}}

| death_place = Iran

| nationality = Iranian / Swedish

| citizenship = Iran, Sweden

| other_names = Habib Osayved

| occupation = Political activist
Political prisoner

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Habib Farajollah Chaab ({{langx|fa|حبیب فرج‌الله چعب}}; {{langx|ar|حبيب فرجلله شاب}}), known as Habib Osayved ({{langx|fa|حبیب اسیود}}; 1 July 1973{{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}}{{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 | eniro.se|website=eniro.se}} – 6 May 2023), was an Iranian Arab political activist with Swedish citizenship, founder and leader of Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz.{{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}}{{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}}{{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}}{{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}} In October 2020, having lived in exile in Sweden for 14 years,{{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}} he visited Turkey where he was abducted and smuggled to Iran.{{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 |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}}{{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}} Turkish security sources state that Iranian intelligence was behind Chaab's kidnapping.{{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 |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}}

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.{{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 }} The European Union afterwards strongly verbally condemned the execution and reiterated its strong opposition to the application of the death penalty in all circumstances.