Khosrow Alikordi: A Regime Tried to Silence a Lawyer—and Instead Exposed Itself |
The Islamic Republic has always feared one kind of Iranian above all: a citizen who stands upright, refuses intimidation, and defends the truth without compromise. Khosrow Alikordi was exactly that Iranian — and the regime knew him well.
A 46-year-old human rights lawyer from Sabzevar, Mashhad, Alikordi had not only dedicated his life to defending political prisoners, protest detainees, and grieving families — he had once been a political prisoner himself. His own experience inside the regime’s machinery of repression made him an even more formidable advocate.
He was not merely familiar with injustice. He had survived it.
Because of this, the occupying Islamic regime in Iran knew his record and persistence, and understood that a former political prisoner who becomes a lawyer for the oppressed is someone they cannot co-opt or control.
On December 6, Alikordi was found lifeless in his office under highly suspicious and deeply concerning circumstances. The details immediately raised alarm among lawyers, activists, and ordinary Iranians, who........