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Mohammad-Ali Amoui
Amouyi in 1979
Born	1923 (age 101–102) Kermanshah, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Political party	Tudeh Party
Children	1 daughter
Date apprehended	1954–1979; 1983–1995
Military career
Other name(s)	Dr. Tabrizi
Service / branch	Imperial Iranian Army
Rank	Captain
Alma mater	Officers' School

Mohammad-Ali Amoui (Persian: محمدعلی عمویی) is an Iranian communist politician and former military officer.

Biography

He was a member of the Tudeh Military Network that was uncovered in 1954, for which he spent 25 years in prison until 1979. Following the Iranian Revolution, he was released and became a member of the central committee of the Tudeh Party of Iran, before unsuccessfully running for an Assembly of Experts for Constitution seat from Tehran constituency. He was imprisoned again in 1983.

References

1. ^ Abrahamian, Ervand (1999). Tortured Confessions: Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran. University of California Press. p. 194. ISBN 0520922905.
2. "Iran: Victims of Human Rights Violations" (PDF), Amnesty International, November 1993, MDE 13/10/93
3. ^ Zabir, Sepehr (2012), The Left in Contemporary Iran (RLE Iran D), CRC Press, p. 49, ISBN 978-1-136-81263-7
4. Zabir, Sepehr (2012), The Left in Contemporary Iran (RLE Iran D), CRC Press, p. 68, ISBN 978-1-136-81263-7
5. Mirsepassi, Ali (2004), The Tragedy of the Iranian Left, RoutledgeCurzon, Table 10.3 Selected leftist candidates in the Tehran elections for the Assembly of Experts

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