Akbar Ganji Judge Killed - Iranian Terrorist - Criminal or Patriot?

So an Iranian judge who has sentenced several reformists and dissidents to jail, upholding the mullah’s harsh Islamic law, has been shot to death, via Reuters:

Iranian Judge

So is this lone gun man a terrorist, criminal or patriot? I suppose it all would depend on your perspective. To the mullahs, his family and other hardliners I would expect they view him as a terrorist or criminal. The family of the dissidents in jail, including Akbar Ganji and other freedom seeking Iranian, I would suppose he is viewed as a patriot……………………….