Nejat Yahya
نجات یحیی
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 31 July 1980
- Place of death
- Iran
- Event
- Shahrokhi Uprising (+1 more)
- Profession
- Imperial Iranian Air Force pilot
- Cause of death
- executed for alleged participation in the Nojeh Uprising
Biography
First Lieutenant Nejat Yahya was an Imperial Iranian Air Force pilot. Following the 1979 revolution, he was accused of participating in the Nojeh Uprising. He was executed on July 31, 1980, by order of Mohammad Reyshahri.
ستوان یکم نجات یحیی خلبان نیروی هوایی ارتش شاهنشاهی ایران بود. او پس از انقلاب ۱۳۵۷ به اتهام شرکت در قیام نقاب (نوژه) متهم شد و در تاریخ ۹ مرداد ۱۳۵۹ به حکم محمد ریشهری اعدام گردید.
Archive — 2 items
A weathered tombstone for First Lieutenant Nejat Yahya, an Imperial Iranian Air Force pilot executed in July 1980 for his alleged involvement in the Nojeh coup attempt.
A black and white archival photograph of First Lieutenant Nejat Yahya, an Imperial Iranian Air Force pilot executed in 1980 for participating in the Nojeh Uprising.