Mohammad Beheshti, one of the main architects of Iranian Islamic Revolution and the constitution of the Islamic Republic in Iran who was assassinated in 1981
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Sattar Beheshti, Iranian blogger who died in police custody in November 2012
After Ayatollahs Qoddusi and Beheshti, two of the leading members of the circle, were assassinated in 1981, the hawza changed its name to Shahidan Seminary (Martyr Seminary).
Born in Bamyan province, Beheshti was educated in Saudi Arabia and Iraq where he became a modarres (religious teacher).