Abolfazl Qassemi

Abolfazl Qassemi was an Iranian politician affiliated with the National Front, and once head librarian of University of Tehran. 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. In November 1981, Islamic Revolutionary Court convicted Qassemi of collaboration with 1980 coup d'état attempt and sentenced him to life imprisonment.