Marzieh Hadidchi

Marzieh Hadidchi (Marzieh Dabbaq and Tahere Dabagh) (Persian: مرضیه دباغ - حدید چی ‎‎) (Born: May 1939, Hamedan ) is an Iranian Islamist activist, former political prisoner, military commander in Iraq-Iran war, representative of Hamedan in the Iranian parliament (the First, the Second, and the Fifth Majles) and a politician.

Early Activity

She started her political activities with the Ayatollah Mohammad reza Saidi circle. She was arrested by SAVAK in 1972 and severely tortured. SAVAK also arrested and tortured her fourteen-year-old daughter (Rezvaneh Mirza Dabagh).

She escaped prison by Mohammad montazeri's efforts and went to London with a fake passport and after 6 months she moved to Lebanon, where she learned military tactics under supervision of Mostafa Chamran. She accompanied Ayatollah Khomeini during his exile in Paris.

After revolution

After the revolution, she became the chief of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in Hamedan. She was one of the three messengers of Ayatollah Khomeini to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in 1988.

She has been the representative of Parliament of Iran for three terms.

She has headed The Association of the Women of the Islamic Republic since 1987.

External links

• (Persian) The messengers to Gurbachov

• WLUML: Publications
• Islamic Republic of Iran Parliament (majlis)