Mahdi Araghi (1930 – 26 August 1979) ( fa, مهدی عراقی) was a founder of Fadayan-e Islam. He and a friend had participated in Hassan-Ali Mansur's

terror Terror(s) or The Terror may refer to: Politics * Reign of Terror, commonly known as The Terror, a period of violence (1793–1794) after the onset of the French Revolution * Terror (politics), a policy of political repression and violence Emoti ...

, and he was kept in prison during the Shah's regime until the

Iranian Revolution The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...

. After the revolution he was in charge of Qasr Prison, the prison from which he had recently been freed. He was assassinated by the Forghan group on 13 August 1979.

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1930 births 1979 deaths Islamic Coalition Party politicians Central Council of the Islamic Republican Party members Islamic Nations Party members Fada'iyan-e Islam members People assassinated by the Furqan Group Burials at Fatima Masumeh Shrine {{Iran-bio-stub