Jalaleddin Farsi

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Jalaleddin Farsi
Khorasan Province
Majority660,001 (62.1%)
Personal details
Born1934 (age 89–90)
Imperial Iran
Political partyIslamic Republican Party
Other political
affiliations
Islamic Coalition Party

Jaleleddin Farsi (Persian: جلال‌الدین فارسی; born 1934) is an Iranian politician who held various posts in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Biography

Farsi was born in

constitution
in 1979.

Farsi belonged to the Islamic Republican Party's radical faction[2] and was its candidate for president in the 1980 election. However, he was replaced by Hassan Habibi after his Afghan origin was revealed (according to Article 115 of the constitution, president must be an Iranian citizen with Iranian origin).[4][3]

Murder case

In 1992, Farsi killed a farmer in Taleqan during an argument. Four years later he was reportedly sentenced to the death penalty by the court of law. The case has never been cleared up.[2][5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Memoirs of Marzieh Hadidchi (Part 29)". Iranian Oral History. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
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  5. ^ "Iranian politician condemned to death", United Press International, 1 February 1996, retrieved 2 November 2017

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Party political offices
New title
Inaugural presidential election
Islamic Republican Party nominee for President of Iran
1980
(withdrew)
Succeeded by