Rahmatollah Moghaddam Maraghei
Iranian politician
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Rahmatollah Moghaddam Maraghei (Persian: رحمتالله مقدم مراغهای) was an Iranian politician. A co-founder of the Iranian Writers' Association (IWA),[1] he briefly served as a member of the parliament in the early 1960s, but was ousted for criticizing the Shah.
Rahmatollah Moghaddam Maraghei | |
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رحمتالله مقدم مراغهای | |
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| Governor of East Azerbaijan Province | |
| In office December 1979 | |
| In office February 1979 – June 1979 | |
| Member of Assembly of Experts for Constitution | |
| In office 15 August 1979 – 15 November 1979 | |
| Constituency | East Azerbaijan Province |
| Majority | 458,733 (51%) |
| Member of Parliament of Iran | |
| In office 22 February 1961 – 9 May 1961 | |
| Constituency | Miandoab |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tehran |
| Died | Tehran |
| Party | Radical Movement of Iran |
Other political affiliations | Muslim People's Republic Party (1979) |
Career
Following the Iranian Revolution, he was elected to the constituent assembly and was considered among the opposition bloc to the Islamic Republican Party.[2] He went into hiding and fled the country after he was prosecuted for espionage.[3][4][5]
He worked as an informant for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), under the cryptonym "SDProbe". According to C. Emery, he was a valuable asset for the agency due to his position as a governor and the connections he had among influential figures.[6]
