Majid Sharif Vaghefi
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Majid Sharif Vaghefi was one of the Mujahedin e Khalgh
group's leaders who was killed by his friends because of his insistence on keeping Islamic ideology while his friends decided to accept Marxism
.
He was born in Isfahan
, 1949, in a religious family. He was one of the best students in the school and thus his teachers encouraged him to study more and go to the university. He continued his studies in Electrical Engineering at Aryamehr University, which changed its name to Sharif University as a memorial after the Islamic revolution. After graduating he began work in a local office, while he became a member of a secret group called Mujahedin e Khalgh (People's Mujahedin of Iran
).
In 1971, while trying to obtain some guns to be used in fighting the Shah
, SAVAK
was informed about the group and many members were arrested. Majid was one of those who weren't arrested and so secretly tried to gather others to organize again. The Shah's regime killed many of the leaders, but the group, now called the organization, successfully reorganized. About a year later, when Majid was one of leaders, others in the group decided to change the group's ideology from Islam to Marxism. Majid refused and was thus removed from the Central Group of leaders. In 1975, the groups leaders, informed by his Marxist and spy wife, Leyla Zomorrodian, learned that he was trying to establish a new branch (Islamic Branch) and to collect members who remained loyal to Islamic ideology. They called him one day for an appointment and killed him in an alley in Tehran, then burned his body, so no one could identify him. However, SAVAK had been informed and arrested some of those who engaged in his murder. After the revolution, police arrested the man who ordered his murder Taghi Shahram, who was one of Mujahedin's leaders and killed many for their beliefs after Majid. Shahram was executed in 1981.
People's Mujahedin of Iran
The People's Mujahedin of Iran is a terrorist militant organization that advocates the overthrow of the Islamic Republic of Iran....
group's leaders who was killed by his friends because of his insistence on keeping Islamic ideology while his friends decided to accept Marxism
Marxism
Marxism is an economic and sociopolitical worldview and method of socioeconomic inquiry that centers upon a materialist interpretation of history, a dialectical view of social change, and an analysis and critique of the development of capitalism. Marxism was pioneered in the early to mid 19th...
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He was born in Isfahan
Isfahan (city)
Isfahan , historically also rendered in English as Ispahan, Sepahan or Hispahan, is the capital of Isfahan Province in Iran, located about 340 km south of Tehran. It has a population of 1,583,609, Iran's third largest city after Tehran and Mashhad...
, 1949, in a religious family. He was one of the best students in the school and thus his teachers encouraged him to study more and go to the university. He continued his studies in Electrical Engineering at Aryamehr University, which changed its name to Sharif University as a memorial after the Islamic revolution. After graduating he began work in a local office, while he became a member of a secret group called Mujahedin e Khalgh (People's Mujahedin of Iran
People's Mujahedin of Iran
The People's Mujahedin of Iran is a terrorist militant organization that advocates the overthrow of the Islamic Republic of Iran....
).
In 1971, while trying to obtain some guns to be used in fighting the Shah
Shah
Shāh is the title of the ruler of certain Southwest Asian and Central Asian countries, especially Persia , and derives from the Persian word shah, meaning "king".-History:...
, SAVAK
SAVAK
SAVAK was the secret police, domestic security and intelligence service established by Iran's Mohammad Reza Shah on the recommendation of the British Government and with the help of the United States' Central Intelligence Agency SAVAK (Persian: ساواک, short for سازمان اطلاعات و امنیت کشور...
was informed about the group and many members were arrested. Majid was one of those who weren't arrested and so secretly tried to gather others to organize again. The Shah's regime killed many of the leaders, but the group, now called the organization, successfully reorganized. About a year later, when Majid was one of leaders, others in the group decided to change the group's ideology from Islam to Marxism. Majid refused and was thus removed from the Central Group of leaders. In 1975, the groups leaders, informed by his Marxist and spy wife, Leyla Zomorrodian, learned that he was trying to establish a new branch (Islamic Branch) and to collect members who remained loyal to Islamic ideology. They called him one day for an appointment and killed him in an alley in Tehran, then burned his body, so no one could identify him. However, SAVAK had been informed and arrested some of those who engaged in his murder. After the revolution, police arrested the man who ordered his murder Taghi Shahram, who was one of Mujahedin's leaders and killed many for their beliefs after Majid. Shahram was executed in 1981.