Mansour Rouhani
Mansour Rouhani (1922–11 April 1979) was an Iranian politician who held several government posts during the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He was one of the politicians who were murdered after the Islamic revolution in 1979. Biography. Rouhani's father was a Bahá'í whereas his mother was a Muslim. He served as minister of water and power in the 1970s and then minister of agriculture. He and many other leading figures close to the Shah were removed from the office in Fall 1978 shortly after the riots and protests occurred in rural parts of Iran. Following the  Islamic revolution in February 1979 Rouhani was arrested. He was tried by the newly established Islamic Revolutionary Court led by religious judge Sadegh Khalkhali. Rouhani was charged with treason and corruption on earth and sentenced to death. Rasoul Sadr Ameli, an Iranian journalist worked for "Ettela'at", reported that when Rouhani learned these claims, he asked the judge how he engaged in war with God. Khalkhali answered him: "You are a Baha'i." Rouhani was 57 years old when he was killed by the revolutionaries on 11 April 1979. The same day ten other senior figures, including former foreign minister Abbas Ali  Khalatbari, were also executed. Personal life. His wife was Parvin Rouhani who left Iran before or after the Islamic revolution in 1979 and settled in the United States. The family properties were confiscated by the Islamic government during that period. Rouhani's son married an American woman, and they both left Iran in 1978.