Heshmat Raisi | |
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Born | Heshmatollah Raisi[1] 1945 (age 78–79)[2] |
Nationality (legal) | Iranian |
Political party | OIPFG |
Heshmat Raisi (Persian: حشمت رئیسی) was an Iranian communist who was a member of the Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas.
Raisi was a guerilla fighting against Pahlavi dynasty, and he was arrested and imprisoned in the 1970s.[2] After the Iranian Revolution, he was released from prison and became an alternate member in the central committee of the OIPFG.[1] In 1979, he unsuccessfully ran for an Assembly of Experts for Constitution seat from Tehran constituency, garnering only 90,641 votes.[3]