Former editor-in-chief of the "Sobh Iran" newspaper, Nasser Anghata, writes: Heydar Raqabi (Haleh), who led the "Soldiers of the National Front" organization before August 28, and was a staunch nationalist, was chosen as the head of the Committee for the Resistance Movement at Tehran University.

[2][3] After his release from prison in 1955, Raqabi left Iran and pursued studies in international law at Columbia University in New York City.

Despite obtaining his bachelor's and master's degrees in law, Raqabi faced challenges due to his political activities and opposition to the government following the 1953 Iranian coup d'état.

In Berlin, he continued his political activities and established the National Student Organization founding a weekly four-page newspaper called Pishva.

Raqabi's doctoral thesis for his PhD examination was titled "The Revolutionary School of Nations", predicting the eventual reunification of East and West Germany.

With his deteriorating health, and with the intervention of his brother, Jahanegir Raqabi, in the final days of his life, he returned to Iran once again and died in Tehran on December 14, 1987.

[6] Abdolrahim Jafari, the former manager of Amir Kabir Publishers, writes in his memoirs: "In the early days of 1950, during the struggles between the people, the government, and various left and right-wing factions, I became acquainted with an enthusiastic young man named Heydar Ali Raqabi, known among his friends as 'Bijan Taraghi.'

"[citation needed] According to the Encyclopædia Iranica: Before leaving the country, Raqabi met his loyal friend Vafadar for the last time and asked him to compose music for a poem he had recently written.