Mohammad Beheshti: Architect of the Theocracy

Mohammad Beheshti

Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti was a key Iranian cleric, philosopher, and political strategist who played a central role in constructing the institutions of the Islamic Republic. Born in Isfahan, Iran on October 24, 1928, Beheshti served as the first Secretary-General of the Islamic Republican Party and Head of the Judicial System. As leader of the Assembly of Experts, he spearheaded the drafting of the post-revolutionary constitution, successfully embedding the principle of Velayat-e Faqih into law. Regarded as the second most powerful figure in Iran after Khomeini, Beheshti was assassinated in a devastating party headquarters bombing in June 1981.

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Year	Mohammad Beheshti
1928	Birth of Mohammad Beheshti (Period: October 24, 1928, Location: Isfahan, Iran (present-day Isfahan City))
1939	World War II (Age: 10 years old, Period: 1939–1945, Location: Iran)
1940	Religious education and academic research (Mohammad Beheshti, Age: 11 years old, Period: 1940s–1950s, Location: Isfahan, Qom, Tehran, Iran)
1960	Arrests and detentions of anti-government activists by the Pahlavi dynasty (Age: 31 years old, Period: 1960s–1970s, Location: Various regions of Iran) Participation in the anti-Shah movement (Age: 31 years old, Period: 1960s–1979, Location: Various regions of Iran, Najaf (Iraq), Paris (France), etc.)
1965	Activities at the Islamic Centre Hamburg (Age: 36 years old, Period: 1965–1970, Location: Hamburg, West Germany)
1978	Iranian Revolution and participation in the Revolutionary Council (Age: 49 years old, Period: 1978–1979, Location: Tehran, Iran, etc.)
1979	Establishment of the Islamic Republican Party (Age: 50 years old, Period: February 1979, Location: Tehran, Iran)
1980	Assumption of the office of Chief Justice (Mohammad Beheshti, Age: 51 years old, Period: February 1980 – June 1981, Location: Tehran, Iran)
1981	Death of Mohammad Beheshti (Age: 52 years old, Period: June 28, 1981, Location: Tehran, Iran) Hafte Tir bombing (Age: 52 years old, Period: June 28, 1981, Location: Islamic Republican Party Headquarters, Tehran, Iran) Death in the Hafte Tir bombing (Age: 52 years old, Period: June 28, 1981, Location: Tehran, Iran)
Unknown	Marriage (Mohammad Beheshti, Ezzat al-Sharia Modarres Motlaq, Period: Details unknown, Location: Details unknown)

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Iranian Revolution	Ruhollah Khomeini Ali Khamenei Abolhassan Banisadr Mehdi Bazargan Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Mohammad Beheshti Ali Shariati Sayyid Qutb Hassan al-Banna Mustafa Barzani

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