| Farajollah Mizani | |
|---|---|
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| Born | 1925 Tabriz, Iran |
| Died | 1988(1988-00-00) (aged 62–63) Iran |
| Cause of death | Execution |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Alma mater | University of Tehran |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Political party | Tudeh Party |
Farajollah Mizani (Persian: فرجالله میزانی), also known by pseudonym and pen name Javanshir (Persian: جوانشیر, lit. 'young lion'), was an Iranian communist and a senior Tudeh Party member.
Early life and education
Mizani was born in 1925 in Tabriz. He studied engineering at University of Tehran. Years later he was graduated with a PhD in Persian literature from a Soviet university.
Career
Mizani joined Tudeh Party in 1945, while he was a university student. In 1957, he fled to the Soviet Union and was exiled until 1979. While there, for some time he headed the party's clandestine radio named Peyk-e-Iran and studied at university. After Iranian Revolution, he returned to Iran and was a member of the party's central committee. In 1983, he was arrested by the Islamic Republic government and put on trial. He was among those who were killed during 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners.
References
- ^ Abrahamian, Ervand (1999). Tortured Confessions: Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran. University of California Press. pp. 192–3, 195. ISBN 0520922905.
- Vahabzadeh, Peyman (2010). Guerrilla Odyssey: Modernization, Secularism, Democracy, and the Fadai Period of National Liberation In Iran, 1971–1979. Syracuse University Press. p. 181. ISBN 9780815651475.
- Zabir, Sepehr (2012), The Left in Contemporary Iran (RLE Iran D), CRC Press, p. 67, ISBN 978-1-136-81263-7
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| Preceded byNoureddin Kianouri | Second Secretary of the Tudeh Party of Iran 1979–1984 |
Succeeded byHamid Safari |
| Preceded byAmanollah Qoreishi | Secretary-in-Charge of Tehran Provincial Committee of Tudeh Party 1953–1957 |
VacantTitle next held byAbbas Hajari |
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