Mahdi Araghi (1930 – 26 August 1979) () was a founder of

Fadayan-e Islam Fadayan-e Islam ('';'' English; "Fedayeen of Islam" or "Redeemers of Islam") is a Shia fundamentalist group in Iran with a strong activist political and terrorist orientation.FEDĀʾĪĀN-E ESLĀM. (1999). In Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved from ...

. He and a friend had participated in Hassan-Ali Mansur's terror, and he was kept in prison during the Shah's

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until the

Iranian Revolution The Iranian Revolution (, ), also known as the 1979 Revolution, or the Islamic Revolution of 1979 (, ) was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution led to the replacement of the Impe ...

. After the revolution he was in charge of

Qasr Prison The Museum of the Qasr Prison ( ''muze-ye zendān-e qasr''; formerly referred to as the Qasr Prison, ''zendān-e qasr'', meaning "Palace Prison") is a historical complex in Tehran, Iran. The building was one of the oldest political prisons i ...

, the prison from which he had recently been freed. He was assassinated by the Forghan group on 13 August 1979.

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1930 births 1979 deaths Islamic Coalition Party politicians Central Council of the Islamic Republican Party members Islamic Nations Party members Fada'iyan-e Islam members People assassinated by the Forqan Group Burials at Fatima Masumeh Shrine {{Iran-bio-stub