Mahmoud Jafarian

Mahmoud Jafarian
Mahmoud Jafarian

Mahmoud Jafarian (Persian: محمود جعفریان; October 1928 – 13 March 1979) was an Iranian politician under the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He served simultaneously as deputy director for National Iranian Radio and Television (NIRT), managing director of Pars News Agency, and Vice President of the Rastakhiz Party.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Following the Iranian Revolution in 1979, Jafarian was ordered executed by Sadegh Khalkhali who was selected by Ayatollah Khomeini as Chief Justice of the newly formed Islamic Revolutionary Court. No lawyer or jury was made available and the court's death sentence was carried out less than two hours after the verdict.[1] Mahmoud Jafarian was executed by firing squad at Evin Prison on 13 March 1979.[7][8][9][10] He is buried at Behesht-e Zahra cemetery.

Jafarian had been a member of Tudeh Party, but later recanted and worked with SAVAK.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b Naficy, Hamid (2012-04-06). A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 3: The Islamicate Period, 1978–1984. Duke University Press. p. 37. ISBN 978-0822348771.
  2. ^ "IICHS - Institute for Iranian Contemporary Historical Studies". iichs.org. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
  3. ^ Sreberny, Annabelle; Mohammadi, Ali (1994-01-01). Small Media, Big Revolution: Communication, Culture, and the Iranian Revolution. U of Minnesota Press. pp. 142, 170. ISBN 9780816622160.
  4. ^ Taheri, Ahmad Reza (2012). The Baloch in Post Islamic Revolution Iran: A Political Study. Lulu.com. p. 110. ISBN 9780557328376.
  5. ^ Mohammidi, Ali (2013-02-01). Iran Encountering Globalization: Problems and Prospects. Routledge. p. 36. ISBN 9781136776793.
  6. ^ Bonine, Michael E.; Keddie, Nikki R. (1981-01-01). Modern Iran Dialectics. SUNY Press. p. 440. ISBN 9780873954655.
  7. ^ "Mahmud Ja'farian: One Person's Story". Human Rights & Democracy for Iran. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
  8. ^ "Holy Crime, crime of clergy, Ecclesiastical crime". holycrime.com. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
  9. ^ Milani, Abbas (2000-01-01). The Persian Sphinx: Amir Abbas Hoveyda and the Riddle of the Iranian Revolution : a Biography. I.B.Tauris. p. 315. ISBN 9781850433286.
  10. ^ Ganji, Manouchehr (2002-01-01). Defying the Iranian Revolution: From a Minister to the Shah to a Leader of Resistance. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 80. ISBN 9780275971878.
  11. ^ Afkhami, Gholam Reza (2008). The Life and Times of the Shah. University of California Press. p. 402. ISBN 978-0520253285.


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