שאלה | Question: Who was Ayatollah Sadeq Khalkhali?

Question: Who was Ayatollah Sadeq Khalkhali?

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		A) The first cleric in Iran who spoke publicly in favor of legalization.
		B) The head of the Iranian drug bureau who promoted many drugs and argued that hashish is a narcotic of the West.
		C) The “hanging judge” of Iran’s revolutionary courts; he imposed many public punishments and argued that hashish is a narcotic of the West.
		D) The deputy of Khomeini in the Islamic Revolution who opposed drug prohibition because his body’s addiction harmed him.

Explanation: In the lectures, Khalkhali is remembered as the revolutionary “hanging judge,” a hardline figure in the post-1979 courts who pushed harsh public punishments. He is also associated with a discourse that framed drugs (including hashish) as a Western/imperialist tool against the revolution. (Reading: Ghiabi, The Pluriverse of Intoxication). Ghiabi_Pluriverse Quote: “the prime body representing Western interests in matters of drugs” (used in the reading’s discussion of framing drugs through ‘Western interests’ discourse).