Mohammad Ali Vahidi
Alameh Vahidi

Mohammad Ali Vahidi was born in Kermanshah in February 1906. His father, Abolqasem, known as Raees al-Olama Behbahani, was a cleric opposed to the constitutional movement and a descendant of Mohammad Baqer Vahid Behbahani. Vahidi received his primary education at the Islamieh and Mahmoudieh schools before entering a seminary, where he continued his studies to an advanced level. He also studied in Karbala for a period. Upon returning to Iran, he went to Kermanshah and established a notary office.

During the eighteenth term of the National Consultative Assembly, he was elected as a representative from Kermanshah with the assistance of Sepahbod Zahedi and gradually gained access to the royal court. He also served as a representative for Kermanshah in the nineteenth and twentieth terms of the assembly. In 1963, he was appointed as an appointed senator in the Senate and in 1965, he was appointed as the deputy custodian of the Sepahsalar School and Mosque. He also served as a professor at the Faculty of Theology and held the position of head of research at the Endowments Organisation.

Following the assassination of Hassan Ali Mansur, Vahidi delivered a speech in the Senate that elicited reactions. He continued his activities until 11 February 1979. He authored several works, including "Principles of Logic" and "Ahsan al-Asas." With the occurrence of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he was arrested, tried in the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran, sentenced to death, and executed by firing squad on 11 April 1979.