Morteza Niknejad ( fa, مرتضی نیک‌نژاد) was an

Iranian Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian lan ...

Shia Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his S ...

Twelver Twelver Shīʿīsm ( ar, ٱثْنَا عَشَرِيَّة; '), also known as Imāmīyyah ( ar, إِمَامِيَّة), is the largest branch of Shīʿa Islam, comprising about 85 percent of all Shīʿa Muslims. The term ''Twelver'' refers t ...

who was a member of

Islamic Coalition Party The Islamic Coalition Party) from 1963 to 1979 and "Islamic Coalition Society" ( fa, جمعیت مؤتلفه اسلامی, jamʿiyat-e moʾtalefe-ye eslâmi) from 1979 to 2004. (ICP; fa, حزب مؤتلفه اسلامی, ḥezb-e moʾtalefe-ye esl ...

. Niknejad was born in 1942 in the south of

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

in a religious family; he was a religious person since his period of adolescence, too. Morteza passed his primary-school, later on, commenced to work at the market—as a

Galesh A kalash' or galesh (گالش) is a traditional footwear of Iran. The Kurdish cotton kalash is particularly famous in Marivan. Unlike most galoshes, the "galesh" are always handwoven and with specific fabrics. It is what people in Persia used to ...

seller. Niknejad got acquainted with

Reza Saffar-Harandi Reza Saffar-Harandi ( fa, رضا صفارهرندی) was an Iranian Twelver Shia Muslim who was a member of Islamic Coalition Party. He was born in 1946 in a religious family; His brother was ''Ali-Asqar Harandi'' who was a Shia cleric. Reza Saff ...

and

Mohammad Bokharaei Mohammad Bokharaei, ( fa, محمد بخارایی) was a member of the executive branch of the "Islamic Coalition Party" who was born in 1944 in (the south of) Tehran. He assassinated Hassan Ali Mansur (the prime minister of the Shah) and was exe ...

, and altogether got familiar with ''Islamic Coalition Party''. He was practical supporter of Mohammad-Bokharaei (in assassination of

Hassan Ali Mansur Hasan Ali Mansur ( fa, حسن علی منصور‎; 13 April 1923 – 26 January 1965) was an Iranian politician who served as Prime Minister from 1964 to 1965. He served during the White Revolution of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and was a ...

, the prime minister of

the Shah Shah (; fa, شاه, , ) is a royal title that was historically used by the leading figures of Iranian monarchies.Yarshater, EhsaPersia or Iran, Persian or Farsi, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII no. 1 (1989) It was also used by a variety of ...

). Afterwards, he was arrested, and finally was executed by the regime of the Shah on 16 June 1965 beside his three colleagues, namely: Mohammad Bokharaei, Sadeq Amani and Reza Saffar-Harandi, whose accusation was "participation in the assassinating of Hassan Ali Mansur.Martyrdom of Martyrs: Bokharaei/Amani/Harandi and Morteza-Niknejad
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{{Reflist Executed Iranian people Iranian prisoners sentenced to death Islamic Coalition Party politicians Iranian Islamists People from Tehran 1942 births 1965 deaths

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