Saeed Hajjarian
| Saeed Hajjarian | |
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Hajjarian in 2015
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| Vice Chairman of City Council of Tehran | |
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In office 29 April 1999 – 13 February 2002 |
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| Chairman |
Abdullah Nouri Abbas Duzduzani Rahmatollah Khosravi Mohammad Atrianfar |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Ebrahim Asgharzadeh |
| Member of City Council of Tehran | |
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In office 29 April 1999 – 15 January 2003 |
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| Majority | 386,069 (27.5%) |
| Advisor to the President of Iran | |
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In office 1997–1999 |
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| President | Mohammad Khatami |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1954 (age 62–63) Javadiyeh, Tehran, Iran |
| Political party | Islamic Iran Participation Front |
| Spouse(s) | Jila Marsoosi |
| Religion | Islam |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Iran |
| Service/branch |
Gendarmerie (1977–1979) Committee (1979–1980) Navy (1980) Prime Ministry Intelligence Office (1980–1984) Ministry of Intelligence (1984–1989) |
| Years of service | 1977–1989 |
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Engineering (Gendarmerie) Nazi Abad (Committee) Intelligence (Navy) |
| Academic background and work | |
| Education | Political Science (Ph.D.) |
| Alma mater | University of Tehran |
| Thesis | Messianism in Russian Revolution and Iranian Islamic Revolution (Case Study) (2003) |
| Doctoral advisor | Hossein Bashiriyeh |
| Institutions | Center for Strategic Research |
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Influenced by
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| Hajjarian assassination attempt | |
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| Part of Chain murders of Iran (?) | |
| Location | Front door of Islamic City Council of Tehran, Behesht Street, Tehran |
| Date | March 12, 2000 08:30 am (UTC+03:30) |
| Target | Saeed Hajjarian |
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Attack type
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Targeted drive-by shooting |
| Weapons | Makarov pistol |
| Deaths | 0 |
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Non-fatal injuries
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1 |
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No. of participants
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8 |
| Defender | Dr. Mohammad-Reza Zafarghandi (Head of medical team at Sina Hospital) |
| Motive | Political |
Saeed Hajjarian (Persian: سعید حجاریان, born 1954) is an Iranian reformist political strategist, journalist, pro-democracy activist and former intelligence officer. He was a member of Tehran's city council, and advisor to president Mohammad Khatami. On 12 March 2000, he was shot in the face by an assailant and severely disabled, an act many Iranians believe was in retaliation for his help in uncovering the chain murders of Iran and his significant help to the Iranian reform movement in general, according to the BBC.
Hajjarian was born in Javadiyeh neighborhood of Tehran, Iran in 1954 to parents from Kashan. He studied mechanical engineering at Tehran University. In 1977 Hajjarian was enrolled for military service in Gendarmerie. A young Iranian revolutionary during the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he entered the Islamic Revolution Committees before becoming an Intelligence officer in Navy. Hajjarian contneud his education and obtained a Ph.D. in political science from Tehran University. His thesis advisor was Hossein Bashiriyeh. He was one of the students who took over the US embassy in Tehran in 1979.
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