Mehdi Hashemi | |
|---|---|
 Hashemi in 1977 | |
| Born | 1944 Qahderijan, Iran |
| Died | September 28, 1987 (aged 42–43) Tehran, Iran |
| Allegiance | Iran |
| Service | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps |
| Years of service | 1979–1987 |
| Commands | Liberation Movements Unit |
| Battles / wars | 1982 Lebanon War Soviet–Afghan War |
Mehdi Hashemi (1944 – 28 September 1987) was an Iranian Shia cleric who after the 1979 Iranian Revolution became a senior official in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards. He was defrocked by the Special Clerical Court and executed by the Islamic Republic in 1987. Officially he was guilty of sedition, murder, and related charges, but others suspect his true crime was opposition to the regime's secret dealings with the United States within the Iran–Contra affair.[1][2]
- ^ Ulrich von Schwerin (2015). "Mehdi Hashemi and the Iran-Contra-Affair". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 42 (4): 521. doi:10.1080/13530194.2015.1028520. S2CID 218602348.
- ^ "Lebanese paper on Hashemi" (PDF). Al Shira. 3 November 1986. Retrieved 16 May 2016.