Mohammad-Mehdi Abdekhodaei ( fa, محمدمهدی عبدخدایی) is an Iranian

conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization i ...

activist. Son of Sheikh Gholamhosein Mojtahed-e Tabrizi, he had a lower-middle-class ''

bazaari Bazaari (Persian: بازاری) is the merchant class and workers of bazaars, the traditional marketplaces of Iran. Bazaari are involved in "petty trade of a traditional, or nearly traditional, kind, centered on the bazaar and its Islamic culture ...

'' background and was a minor attendant in a small hardware store. On 13 February 1952, when he was a 15-year-old member of the

Fada'iyan-e Islam Fadā'iyān-e Islam ( fa, فدائیان اسلام, also spelled as ''Fadayan-e Islam'' or in English "Fedayeen of Islam" or "Devotees of Islam" or literally "Self-Sacrificers of Islam") is a Shia fundamentalist group in Iran with a strong activi ...

, he attempted to assassinate

Hossein Fatemi Hossein Fatemi ( fa, حسین فاطمی; also Romanized as Hoseyn Fātemi; 10 February 1917 – 10 November 1954) was an Iranian scholar. A close associate of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, he proposed nationalization of Iranian oil and gas ...

who was delivering a speech at the grave of journalist

Mohammad Masud Mohammad Masud (1905–1948) was an Iranian journalist and writer. He published some books and launched a weekly newspaper, '' Mard-i Imruz'' (Persian: ''The Man of Today''). He was an ardent critic of the Pahlavi rule and Ahmad Qavam. Masud was ...

who had been assassinated in 1948. Fatemi survived the shooting. Abdekhodaei was tried as a juvenile and imprisoned for twenty months. He revived the Fada'iyan-e Islam after 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 ...

, though the organization is not a significant actor.

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* Secretaries-General of political parties in Iran Iranian assassins Fada'iyan-e Islam members Living people 1930s births Year of birth uncertain {{Iran-politician-stub