Javad Saeed ( fa, جواد سعید) was an Iranian politician who served as the last Speaker of the Parliament of Iran during

Pahlavi dynasty The Pahlavi dynasty ( fa, دودمان پهلوی) was the last Iranian royal dynasty, ruling for almost 54 years between 1925 and 1979. The dynasty was founded by Reza Shah Pahlavi, a non-aristocratic Mazanderani soldier in modern times, who ...

, and was the last secretary-general of the ruling

Resurgence Party The Party of Resurrection of the Iranian Nation ( fa, حزب رستاخیز ملت ایران) or simply Rastakhiz Party ( fa, حزب رستاخیز, Ḥezb-e Rastāḵiz, lit=Resurgence/Resurrection Party) was Iran's single legal political part ...

. He represented

Sari A sari (sometimes also saree or shari)The name of the garment in various regional languages include: * as, শাৰী, xārī, translit-std=ISO * bn, শাড়ি, śāṛi, translit-std=ISO * gu, સાડી, sāḍī, translit-std ...

in the parliament. He resigned from the post of secretary-general of the Resurgence Party on 2 October 1978. Saeed was appointed as a member of the

Regency Council A regent (from Latin : ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state ''pro tempore'' (Latin: 'for the time being') because the monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge the powers and duties of the monarchy, ...

in 1979 and following the revolution, he was arrested and faced seven charges in the

Islamic Revolutionary Court Islamic Revolutionary Court (also Revolutionary Tribunal, ''Dadgahha-e Enqelab''Bakhash, Shaul, ''Reign of the Ayatollahs'', Basic Books, 1984, p.59-61) ( Persian: دادگاه انقلاب اسلامی) is a special system of courts in the Islami ...

, including

corruption on earth Mofsed-e-filarz ( fa, مفسد فی الارض, also Mofsed fel-Arz, Afsad-i fil Arz, or fasad-fel-arz, ar, المفسد في الأرض Al-Mufsid fi al-Arḍ, also fasad fi 'l-ard lit. ''Corrupt on Earth'') is the title of capital crimes (or the ...

, war on God and on

prophet In religion, a prophet or prophetess is an individual who is regarded as being in contact with a divine being and is said to speak on behalf of that being, serving as an intermediary with humanity by delivering messages or teachings from the s ...

, insulting the religion, massacre of innocent people, physical torture and procuring; eventually leading to his execution.

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* 20th-century Iranian politicians 1920s births 1979 deaths Iran Novin Party politicians Members of the 22nd Iranian Majlis Members of the 23rd Iranian Majlis Members of the 24th Iranian Majlis People from Sari, Iran People executed by Iran by firing squad Politicians executed during the Iranian Revolution Rastakhiz Party Secretaries-General Speakers of the National Consultative Assembly {{Iran-politician-stub