Gohar Eshghi

Gohar Eshghi
گوهر عشقی
Born1946 (age 79–80)
Neishabour, Iran
Known forActivist seeking justice for her son Sattar Beheshti
ChildrenSattar, Aliasghar, Rahim and Sahar

Gohar Eshghi (Persian: گوهر عشقی) is a civil activist, one of the Iranian Complainant Mothers and the mother of Sattar Beheshti, Iranian blogger who was killed in November 2012 due to severe torture while in custody of the Islamic Republic security forces in Iran. After the death of her son she made many efforts to bring his killer(s) to justice. She brought media attention to the circumstances of her son's death and caused a wide controversy in the ruling political system of Iran. In 2022, she was named in the BBC 100 Women list.

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