Asef Razmdideh
Asef Razmdideh (Persian: آصف رزمدیده) was an Iranian communist politician and trade unionist.
Asef Razmdideh | |
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Razmdideh in 1979 | |
| Born | |
| Died | 1988 Iran |
| Cause of death | Execution |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Political party | Tudeh Party |
He served as the general-secretary of the Consultative Committee for the creation of the General Union of Iranian Workers as of 1979,[2] and was a member of the central committee of Tudeh Party of Iran.[3]
In 1966, along with several members of Tudeh, he was arrested and sentenced to death by Pahlavi dynasty. However following international opposition from communist parties, the sentence was reduced to life imprisonment.[4] He remained imprisoned until 1979.[1] Shortly after the Iranian Revolution, he ran for an Assembly of Experts for Constitution seat from Tehran constituency on behalf of Tudeh.[5] In 1983, he was arrested and imprisoned in Evin Prison by the Islamic Republic government.[6] His name has been recorded as one of the victims of 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners.[7]
References edit
- ^ a b Abrahamian, Ervand (1999). Tortured Confessions: Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran. University of California Press. p. 195. ISBN 0520922905.
- ^ Flashes from the Trade Unions, World Federation of Trade Unions, 1979, p. 26
- ^ Zabir, Sepehr (2012), The Left in Contemporary Iran (RLE Iran D), CRC Press, p. 67, ISBN 978-1-136-81263-7
- ^ Mather, Yassamine (2011), "Iran's Tudeh Party: A History of Compromises and Betrayals", Journal of Socialist Theory, 39 (4): 611–627, doi:10.1080/03017605.2011.621250, S2CID 147519829
- ^ Tulsiram (1981), The History of Communist Movement in Iran, Grafix, p. 162
- ^ Information Bulletin, vol. 21–22, Progress Books, 1983, p. 195
- ^ "Iran: Blood-soaked secrets: Why Iran's 1988 prison massacres are ongoing crimes against humanity" (PDF), Amnesty International, 2017, MDE 13/9421/2018