Mahdi Iraqi
Encyclopedia
Mahdi Iraqi was a founder of Fadayan-e Islam
. He and a friend had participated in Hassan-Ali Mansur's terror
, and he was kept in prison during the Shah's
regime
until the Iranian Revolution
. After the revolution he was in charge of Qasr Prison
, the prison from which he had recently been freed. He was assassinated by the Forqan Organization on 13 August 1979.
Fadayan-e Islam
Fadā'iyān-e Islam , was an Iranian Islamic fundamentalist secret society founded in 1946, by a 21 year-old theology student named Navvab Safavi. Safavi sought to purify Islam in Iran by ridding it of `corrupting individuals` by means of carefully planned assassinations of certain leading...
. He and a friend had participated in Hassan-Ali Mansur's terror
Terrorism
Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...
, and he was kept in prison during the Shah's
Shah
Shāh is the title of the ruler of certain Southwest Asian and Central Asian countries, especially Persia , and derives from the Persian word shah, meaning "king".-History:...
regime
Regime
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until the Iranian Revolution
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the...
. After the revolution he was in charge of Qasr Prison
Qasr Prison
Qasr Prison is a prison in Tehran. It is one of the oldest Iranian political prisons.-History:It was built by the order of Fat′h Ali Shah of the Qajar dynasty in 1790 in the form of a palace. It was the first prison in Iran in which the prisoners got their legal advantages.-References:...
, the prison from which he had recently been freed. He was assassinated by the Forqan Organization on 13 August 1979.