Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein

male, deceased (2006)
death by hanging, War crimes in Iraq, convicted of crimes against humanity, president, iraqi, 2003 invasion of Iraq…IslamicRevolution
Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq and Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council from 1979 until his...

Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri

male, 87 years old
from Najafabad, Muslim reformer, khomeini, Grand Ayatollah, supreme leader, Hossein Ali Montazeri…IslamicRevolution, Iranian Revolution
Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, styled His Honourable Eminence, was one of the leaders of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. He is best known...
Mohsen Sazegara

Mohsen Sazegara

male
iranian, Ayatollah Khamenei, Iranian Revolution, supreme leader, political activist, politician…IslamicRevolution
Mohsen Sazegara is an Iranian journalist and political activist. Dr. Sazegara held several high ranking positions during the early years of the...
Behzad Nabavi

Behzad Nabavi

male
guerrilla, tehran, communist, prison, conservative, iran-iraq war…Iranian Revolution, Islamic Republic, IslamicRevolution, Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization, Central Committee of the Islamic Revolution
Behzad Nabavi is an Iranian politician. He was a former Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Iran and one of the founders of the reformist party...
Ahmad Khomeini

Ahmad Khomeini

male
khomeini, Qom, IslamicRevolution
Ahmad Khomeini (born Qom, 1945 - died 1994) was son of Ayatollah Khomeini. He helped coordination of the affairs for the to be Islamic Revolution,...
Mahnaz Afkhami

Mahnaz Afkhami

female
iranian, Iranian women's movement, Women's Organization of Iran, Women's learning partnership, INSTRAW, non-governmental organizations…IslamicRevolution
Mahnaz Afkhami (Iran/U.S.) is Founder and President of the Women's Learning Partnership, Executive Director of the Foundation for Iranian Studies,...
Mostafa Chamran

Mostafa Chamran

male, deceased (1981)
member of parliament, defense minister, University of California, Berkeley alumni, University of Texas at Austin alumni, English, German…IslamicRevolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps
Mostafa Chamran Savei (1932 - 21 June 1981) was an Iranian defense minister and member of parliament, as well as commander of paramilitary...
Maryam Namazie

Maryam Namazie

female
Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain, gay rights, Islam-related controversy, iranian, Muhammad cartoons controversy, Worker-communist Party of Iran…IslamicRevolution, Islamic Republic, Iranian Revolution
Maryam Namazie is a Communist activist of Iranian descent. She is mainly known for her activities for women's rights, asylum seeker's rights, gay...
Homa Darabi

Homa Darabi

female, deceased (1994)
iranian, Feminist, self-immolation, physician, Pediatrician, Psychiatrist…IslamicRevolution
Homa Darabi (February 21, 1994) was a pediatrician from Iran licensed to practice medicine in New Jersey, New York, and California. She returned to...