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Mohammad-Ali Amoui

Mohammad-Ali Amoui

Iranian politician

Mohammad-Ali Amoui (Persian: محمدعلی عمویی) is an Iranian communist politician and former military officer.

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Biography

He was a member of the Tudeh Military Network that was uncovered in 1954,[3] for which he spent 25 years in prison until 1979.[1] Following the Iranian Revolution, he was released and became a member of the central committee of the Tudeh Party of Iran,[4] before unsuccessfully running for an Assembly of Experts for Constitution seat from Tehran constituency.[5] He was imprisoned again in 1983.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Abrahamian, Ervand (1999). Tortured Confessions: Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran. University of California Press. p. 194. ISBN 0520922905.
  2. [2]
    "Iran: Victims of Human Rights Violations" (PDF), Amnesty International, November 1993, MDE 13/10/93
  3. [3]
    Zabir, Sepehr (2012), The Left in Contemporary Iran (RLE Iran D), CRC Press, p. 49, ISBN 978-1-136-81263-7
  4. [4]
    Zabir, Sepehr (2012), The Left in Contemporary Iran (RLE Iran D), CRC Press, p. 68, ISBN 978-1-136-81263-7
  5. [5]
    Mirsepassi, Ali (2004), The Tragedy of the Iranian Left, RoutledgeCurzon, Table 10.3 Selected leftist candidates in the Tehran elections for the Assembly of Experts
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