Langbahn Team – Weltmeisterschaft

The Fifty-Three

The Fifty-Three were a group of 53 Iranians arrested for involvement in communist political activities in 1937[1] and brought to trial in November 1938 in the most sensational of the political trials held during the reign of Reza Shah Pahlavi.[2] Some, such as Taqi Arani, died in jail - the rest were released in 1941.[3]


The fifty-five were:

Footnotes

  1. ^ Daniel, Elton L. (2001). The History of Iran. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0313307318.
  2. ^ Abrahamian 1999, p. 48
  3. ^ Alavi, Bozorg (2009). 53 Nafar (Fifty-three People) (in Persian). Negah. ISBN 978-9643510688.

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