Navvab Safavi
Navvab Safavi | |
|---|---|
| Personal life | |
| Born | Mojtaba Mir-Lohi 9 October 1924 |
| Died | 18 January 1956 (aged 31) Tehran, Imperial State of Iran |
| Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Political party | Fada'iyan-e Islam |
| Alma mater | Najaf Seminary |
| Occupation | Cleric |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Shīʿah |
| Jurisprudence | Ja'fari |
Mojtaba Mir-Lohi (Persian: سيد مجتبی میرلوحی, 9 October 1924 – 18 January 1956), better known as Navvab Safavi (Persian: نواب صفوی), was a Shia cleric of Pahlavi Iran and founder of the Fada'iyan-e Islam group. He played a role in assassinations of Abdolhossein Hazhir, Haj Ali Razmara and Ahmad Kasravi. On 22 November 1955, after an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Hosein Ala', Navvab Safavi and some of his followers were arrested. In January 1956, Safavi and three other members of Fada'iyan-e Islam were sentenced to death and executed.