Abolfazl Qassemi

Abolfazl Qassemi (Persian: ابوالفضل قاسمی) was an Iranian politician affiliated with the National Front, and once head librarian of University of Tehran.

[2] Amidst Iranian Revolution, Qassemi succeeded Shapour Bakhtiar as the leader of Iran Party[3] and was elected to the Parliament in 1980 legislative election.

However, he was denied to take his seat on the grounds that he was a member of the SAVAK, while he denied the accusation.

[4] In November 1981, Islamic Revolutionary Court convicted Qassemi of collaboration with 1980 coup d'état attempt and sentenced him to life imprisonment.

[2] This article about an Iranian politician is a stub.