Shamseddin Mojabi

Seyed Shamseddin Mojabi (1939 – 29 April 2012) was an Iranian academic, government adviser and political activist.

[1] During the Iranian revolution he would return to Iran where he would work as a professor of civil engineering at the Amirkabir University of Technology (formerly Tehran Polytechnic).

In those years Shamseddin began his political activity in the Third Force, and later in the neighbourhoods committee of the National Resistance Movement.

At Tehran Polytechnic, as Mojabi was the valedictorian certain teaching responsibilities were passed to him, and he would use university facilities to distribute Imam Khomeini's announcements.

While in prison Mojabi suffered from heart problems but owing to the presence of fellow inmates Dr. Sheibani and Dr. Azar, his friends ensured his health did not deteriorate.

After 3 years, Mojabi completed a doctorate with a "Très honorable avec félicitations" distinction in 1967, with a PhD entitled "Buckling of reinforced concrete columns hinged at both ends".

In France, Mojabi was one of the leaders of the Union of Islamic Students Association in Europe – and was active in this group alongside Hassan Habibi, Sadeq Tabatabaei, Javad Ezhei, Karim Khodapanahi and Abolhassan Banisadr.

[3] Mojabi, in addition to Abolhassan Banisadr, Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, Mozaffar Firouz, Ahmad Ghazanfarpour were a group of Iranian residents in France who advised Khomeini.

In this period he returned to academia, and after 14 years away from his homeland became familiar once again with the political and social issues of Iran.