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Mahmoud Jafarian (1927 - 13 March 1979) was an Iranian politician and high-ranking member under the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He served simultaneously as deputy general for National Iranian Radio & Television (NIRT), managing director of Pars News Agency, and Executive Board President of the Rastakhiz Party.[1][2][3]

Following the Iranian Revolution in 1979, Jafarian was ordered executed by Sadegh Khalkhali who was Ayatollah Khomeini's appointment for Chief Justice of the newly formed Islamic Revolutionary Court. Mahmoud Jafarian was shot and killed at Qasr Prison on March 13, 1979[4][5][6][7] and is buried at Behesht-e Zahra cemetery.

References

  • Sreberny, Annabelle (1994). Small media, big revolution: communication, culture, and the Iranian revolution. U of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9780816622160.
  • Mohammadi, Ali (2003). 'Iran encountering globalization: problems and prospects (2nd ed.). London: RoutledgeCurzon. p. 36. ISBN 9780415308274. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); no-break space character in |title= at position 59 (help)
  • Naficy, Hamid (6 April 2012). A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 3: The Islamicate Period, 1978–1984. Duke University Press. p. 15, 37, 200. ISBN 978-0-8223-4877-1. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  • "Human Rights & Democracy for Iran :: Mahmud Ja'farian: One Person's Story". iranrights.org.
  • "Rastakhiz Party". Institute for Iranian Contemporary Historical Studies. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  1. ^ Naficy, Hamid (2012-04-06). A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 3: The Islamicate Period, 1978–1984. Duke University Press. ISBN 0822348772.
  2. ^ "IICHS - Institute for Iranian Contemporary Historical Studies". iichs.org. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
  3. ^ Sreberny, Annabelle; Mohammadi, Ali (1994-01-01). Small Media, Big Revolution: Communication, Culture, and the Iranian Revolution. U of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9780816622160.
  4. ^ "Mahmud Ja'farian: One Person's Story". Human Rights & Democracy for Iran. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
  5. ^ "Holy Crime, crime of clergy, Ecclesiastical crime,". holycrime.com. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
  6. ^ Milani, Abbas (2000-01-01). The Persian Sphinx: Amir Abbas Hoveyda and the Riddle of the Iranian Revolution : a Biography. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9781850433286.
  7. ^ Ganji, Manouchehr (2002-01-01). Defying the Iranian Revolution: From a Minister to the Shah to a Leader of Resistance. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780275971878.