Majid Sharif Vaghefi

Majid Sharif Vaghefi (Persian: مجید شریف واقفی‎) was a Mujahedin e Khalgh politician.

Early life

He was born in Isfahan, 1949, in a religious family. He continued his studies in Electrical Engineering at Aryamehr University of Technology, which changed its name to Sharif University of Technology as a memorial after the Islamic revolution.

Political Activities

After graduating he began work in a local office, while he became a member of the Mujahedin e Khalgh (People's Mujahedin of Iran). In 1971, while trying to obtain some guns to be used in fighting the Shah, SAVAK was informed about the group and many members were arrested. Majid was one of those who weren't arrested and so secretly tried to gather others to organize again. The Shah's regime killed many of the leaders, but the group, now called the organization, successfully reorganized. About a year later, when Majid was one of leaders, others in the group decided to change the group's ideology from Islam to Marxism. Majid refused and was thus removed from the Central Group of leaders.

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