Nejat Yahya
نجات یحیی
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 31 July 1980
- Place of death
- Iran
- Event
- Shahrokhi Uprising (+1 more)
- Profession
- First Lieutenant and pilot in the Imperial Iranian Air Force
- Cause of death
- Executed following the Nojeh coup attempt
Biography
Nejat Yahya was a First Lieutenant and pilot in the Imperial Iranian Air Force. Following the 1979 Revolution, he was accused of involvement in the Nojeh Uprising (Mask Uprising), a failed coup attempt. He was executed on July 31, 1980, under a sentence issued by Mohammad Reyshahri.
نجات یحیی ستوان یکم و خلبان نیروی هوایی ارتش شاهنشاهی ایران بود. وی پس از انقلاب ۱۳۵۷ به اتهام شرکت در قیام نقاب (کودتای نوژه) بازداشت 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.