Abolfazl_Qassemi

Abolfazl Qassemi

Abolfazl Qassemi

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Abolfazl Qassemi (Persian: ابوالفضل قاسمی) was an Iranian politician affiliated with the National Front, and once head librarian of University of Tehran.[2]

Quick Facts Member-elect of the Iranian Parliament, Constituency ...

Amidst Iranian Revolution, Qassemi succeeded Shapour Bakhtiar as the leader of Iran Party[3] and was elected to the Parliament in 1980 legislative election. However, he was denied to take his seat on the grounds that he was a member of the SAVAK, while he denied the accusation.[4] In November 1981, Islamic Revolutionary Court convicted Qassemi of collaboration with 1980 coup d'état attempt and sentenced him to life imprisonment.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Baktiari, Bahman (1996). Parliamentary Politics in Revolutionary Iran: The Institutionalization of Factional Politics. University Press of Florida. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-8130-1461-6.
  2. [2]
    Branigin, William (17 June 1980). "A Struggle to Revive Iran's Nationalists". The Washington Post. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  3. [3]
    Branigin, William (17 June 1980). "Old Activists Hide Away in Mullah's Iran". The Washington Post. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  4. [4]
    Rizvi, Sajid (12 November 1981). "Sentence Iranian dissident to life in prison". United Press International. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
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