Tayseer Najeh Awad al-Mashhadani (died 18 August 2012) was an Iraqi politician. She was elected to the National Assembly of Iraq in December 2005 as part of the

Sunni Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word '' Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagr ...

Arab-led Iraqi Accord Front. She was an engineer by profession and a member of the

Iraqi Islamic Party The Iraqi Islamic Party is the largest Sunni Islamist political party in Iraq as well as the most prominent member of the Iraqi Accord Front political coalition. It was part of the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and is part of ...

. On 1 July 2007, she was abducted with 8 of her bodyguards at a checkpoint in the neighbourhood of Shaab in Eastern Baghdad. Her party accused members of the Muqtada as-Sadr militia of being behind the abduction, and the Sadrist warlord Abu Dereh has also been accused. After being held for nearly two months, she was released on 26 August. She was married to the politician

Hisham al-Hayali Hisham al-Hayali (died 18 August 2012) was governor of Iraq's Diyala Governorate from March to August 2012 when he was killed in a car crash. His wife, former MP Tayseer al-Mashhadani Tayseer Najeh Awad al-Mashhadani (died 18 August 2012) was an ...

, and they had four children. The couple were killed in a car crash.5 months only for late Hayali as Diyala Governor
''Iraqi News,'' 19 August 2012

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