Shaheed Dastabhaib Shirazi (Author of the book Greater Sins)
 
He played an important role in the Islamic Revoloution of Iran. His campaign against Shah's regime was revealed through the Islamic leaders' movement 1962. Every Thursday after "Komeil prayer", he had a political speech. These speeches had an important role in the revolution. He was arrested and exiled several times. Despite all of these pressures, he never gave up his campaigns. He was elected as the first representative of Iran's Fars province among the Assembly Experts, after the victory of revolution. He accepted to be the Friday Leader at the request of Shiraz people and Imam Khomeini's order, at the same time. He was martyred by his enemies (Monafeqeen) on 11 Dec 1981, when he was going for Friday Prayer.
 

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