Shaban Jafari () (born 1921 in Tehran – died 2006 in Santa Monica, California) often known as Shaban Bimokh (, "Shaban the Brainless") was an Iranian political figure and practitioner of varzesh-e bastani. A controversial figure in politics, he was instrumental in overthrowing Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh's government in 1953 Iranian coup d'état.