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Abolfazl Qassemi
Member-elect of the Iranian Parliament
In office Credentials rejected in 1980
Constituency	Dargaz
Personal details
Born	c. 1921 (1921) Dargaz, Iran
Died	1993(1993-00-00) (aged 71–72) Tehran, Iran
Political party	Iran Party (1946–1993) Motherland Party (before 1946)
Other political affiliations	National Front

Abolfazl Qassemi (Persian: ابوالفضل قاسمی) was an Iranian politician affiliated with the National Front, and once head librarian of University of Tehran.

Amidst Iranian Revolution, Qassemi succeeded Shapour Bakhtiar as the leader of Iran Party and was elected to the Parliament in 1980 legislative election. However, he was denied to take his seat on the grounds that he was a member of the SAVAK, while he denied the accusation. In November 1981, Islamic Revolutionary Court convicted Qassemi of collaboration with 1980 coup d'état attempt and sentenced him to life imprisonment.

References

1. Baktiari, Bahman (1996). Parliamentary Politics in Revolutionary Iran: The Institutionalization of Factional Politics. University Press of Florida. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-8130-1461-6.
2. ^ Branigin, William (17 June 1980). "A Struggle to Revive Iran's Nationalists". The Washington Post. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
3. Branigin, William (17 June 1980). "Old Activists Hide Away in Mullah's Iran". The Washington Post. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
4. Rizvi, Sajid (12 November 1981). "Sentence Iranian dissident to life in prison". United Press International. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

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