Saber Mohammadzadeh
Saber Mohammadzadeh (Persian: صابر محمدزاده) was an Iranian communist politician.
Saber Mohammadzadeh | |
|---|---|
 Mohammadzadeh in 1979 | |
| Died | 1988 Iran |
| Cause of death | Execution |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Political party | Tudeh Party |
In 1966, he was arrested and Pahlavi dynasty courts sentenced him to death penalty. Due to protests from international communist parties, the sentence was reduced to life imprisonment.[1]
After the Iranian Revolution, he ran for an Assembly of Experts for Constitution seat from Tehran constituency.[2]
Mohammadzadeh was a victim of the 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners.[3]
References
- Mather, Yassamine (2011), "Iran's Tudeh Party: A History of Compromises and Betrayals", Journal of Socialist Theory, 39 (4): 611–627, doi:10.1080/03017605.2011.621250
- Near East/North Africa Report, Joint Publications Research Service, 2012, Executive Office of the President, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, 1979, p. 58
- JPRS Report: Near East & South Asia, Joint Publications Research Service, 89009, Executive Office of the President, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, 1989, p. 67
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