Abolfazl Qassemi
Iranian politician
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| Intro | Iranian politician | |
| Places | Iran | |
| was | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 1921 | |
| Death | 1993 (aged 72 years) | |
| Politics: | National Front |
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Abolfazl Qassemi (Persian: ابوالفضل قاسمی) was an Iranian politician affiliated with the National Front, and once head librarian of University of Tehran.
Amidst Iranian Revolution, Qassemi succeeded Shapour Bakhtiar as the leader of Iran Party 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. In November 1981, Islamic Revolutionary Court convicted Qassemi of collaboration with 1980 coup d'état attempt and sentenced him to life imprisonment.