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, and he was kept in prison during the
Shah's regime
In politics, a regime (also "régime") is the form of government or the set of rules, cultural or social norms, etc. that regulate the operation of a government or institution and its interactions with society. According to Yale professor Juan Jo ...
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
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