Abolfazl Qassemi

Abolfazl Qassemi
Abolfazl Qassemi
Member-elect of the Iranian Parliament
	In office; Credentials rejected in 1980
Constituency	Dargaz
Personal details
Born	c. 1921; Dargaz, Iran
Died	1993 (aged 71–72); Tehran, Iran
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.^[2]

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Amidst Iranian Revolution, Qassemi succeeded Shapour Bakhtiar as the leader of Iran Party^[3] 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.^[4] In November 1981, Islamic Revolutionary Court convicted Qassemi of collaboration with 1980 coup d'état attempt and sentenced him to life imprisonment.^[2]

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