Javad Saeed

Not to be confused with Jawad Saeed.

Javad Saeed
جواد سعید
5th Secretary-General of the Rastakhiz Party
In office
20 August 1978 – 1 November 1978
DeputyHimself
Preceded byJamshid Amouzegar
Succeeded byParty disestablished
4th Deputy Secretary-General of the Rastakhiz Party
In office
20 January 1978 – 1 November 1978
Secretary-General
Jamshid Amouzegar
Himself
Preceded byDariush Homayoon
Succeeded byParty disestablished
17th Speaker of the Parliament of Iran
In office
7 October 1978 – 11 February 1979
Preceded byAbdollah Riazi
Succeeded byAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Member of Regency Council
In office
13 January 1979 – 22 January 1979
Appointed byMohammad Reza Pahlavi
Personal details
Bornc. 1923 or 1924[1]
Sari, Imperial State of Iran
Died8 May 1979[2] (aged 55)[1]
Tehran, Iran[2]
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad[1]
Party

Javad Saeed (Persian: جواد سعید) was an Iranian politician who served as the last Speaker of the Parliament of Iran during the Pahlavi era, and was the last secretary-general of the Resurgence Party and the deputy Secretary-General of the Rastakhiz Party during the second tenure of Jamshid Amouzegar and his own tenure.[3] He represented Sari in the parliament.[4]

Saeed was appointed as a member of the Regency Council in 1979.[5] Following the Iranian Revolution, he was arrested and faced seven charges in the Islamic Revolutionary Court, including corruption on earth, war on God and on prophet, insulting the religion, massacre of innocent people, physical torture and procuring; eventually leading to his execution.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Javad Sa'id, Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation, February 1980
  2. ^ a b c "Post-Revolutionary Executions till 12 August 1979" (PDF), Law And Human Rights in The Islamic Republic of Iran: A report covering events within the seven month period following the Revolution of February 1979, Amnesty International, February 1980, p. 151
  3. ^ Elizabeth Collard (1979), "Iran", MEED, 23, Economic East Economic Digest Ltd: 17
  4. ^ Iran Almanac and Book of Facts, Echo of Iran, 1970, p. 88
  5. ^ Sepehr Zabir (2012). The Iranian Military in Revolution and War (RLE Iran D). CRC Press. pp. 52–53. ISBN 978-1-136-81270-5.
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