Reza Saffar-Harandi
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Reza Saffar-Harandi | |
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 The graves of martyrs Amani, Niknejad, Harandi and Bukharai in Ibn Baboui cemetery | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Reza Saffar-Harandi 1946 |
| Died | 16 June 1965 (aged 19) |
| Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Political party | Islamic Coalition Party |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Shia |
| Jurisprudence | Ja'fari |
Reza Saffar-Harandi (Persian: رضا صفارهرندی) was an Iranian Twelver Shia Muslim[1][2][3] who was a member of Islamic Coalition Party.[4][5][6] He was born in 1946 in a religious family; his brother Ali-Asqar Harandi was a Shia cleric. Reza Saffar-Harrandi studied at (Islamic) religious lessons to his brother after passing his primary school. He also used to work in his brother's shop.[7][8]
Saffar-Harandi[9][10][11] had activities at his brother's mosque; and got acquainted there with Mohammad Bokharaei (the killer of Hassan Ali Mansur, the prime minister of the Shah); Saffar-Harandi eventually became familiar with Islamic Coalition Party. This political activist was Mohammad-Bokharaei's accomplice in Mansur's assassination, and escaped after the assassination, although he was later arrested. He was executed by the regime of the Shah on 16 June 1965[12] along with his three colleagues, namely: Mohammad Bokharaei, Sadeq Amani, and Morteza Niknejad, who were charged with "participation in the assassination of Hassan Ali Mansur, the prime minister of that time".[13]