Keramat Daneshian (1944, Shiraz – 18 February 1974, Tehran) (کرامت‌الله دانشیان) was an Iranian director, poet and communist activist.^[1] In 1974, he was convicted, along with Khosrow Golsorkhi, of plotting to kidnap the Shah of Iran's son,^[2] allegedly to pressure SAVAK into releasing certain imprisoned members of his group. They were both later executed.