Khosrow Qashqai

Khosrow Qashqai (; 1921 – 1982) was an Iranian politician and a Qashqai tribal leader.

Qashqai was a secular nationalist, and an opponent of Pahlavi dynasty. Historian Mark J. Gasiorowski describes him as "very pro-American". In the next term, he was elected to the parliament as an independent. and during the 17th term, he joined the National Movement fraction after 1952 election. After 1953 coup d'état took place, he was forced into an exile that lasted from 1954 to 1979, when the Iranian revolution happened. He re-established connections with the American agency in 1978 again and in January 1979, he visited the Department of State.

Prosecution and execution Qashqai was arrested after the 1980 presidential election, when the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line released documents regarding his involvement with the Americans. He escaped from prison and fled to Fars province to organize armed tribesmen for an insurgency. They were suppressed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and he was arrested in April 1982.