Masoud Ahmadzadeh Heravi (2 March 1945 – 4 December 1972) was an Iranian

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. Though often described as a

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, his work mostly dealt with the grounds that Struggle is concerned with 'Strategy' and 'Tactics'. His work centered on the idea that the “defeat of capitalism and comprador capitalism” is possible by “armed struggle both as a strategy and a tactic". He left

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in 1964 and he went to

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and studied

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at the

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. His works deal with politics, the nature of comprador

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, and

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. He was executed at the Chitgar shooting range for his military activities against the regime.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmadzadeh, Masoud 1946 births 1972 deaths Iranian communists Modernists People executed by Pahlavi Iran Political philosophers University of Tehran alumni Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas members National Front (Iran) student activists Iranian people of Afghan descent Executed communists