magazines. Also, he published some other articles entitled "The Role of Muslim Scientists in The Advance of Science", "Where Did Islamic Scientific Movements Begin?", "Muslims' learning and research in Medicine", and "Research Method of Muslim Scientists" (all of the above articles were published by the Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology in a collection entitled "The Role of Scientists in the Advance of Science"). Death Assassination Mofatteh was assassinated by Forghan group, for political reasons, when he was in front of the building of Theology department of Tehran University along with his two guards, Asghar Nematy and Javad Bahmany, on 18December 1979, when he was dean of the Theology Department. He was shot at four times, with the bullets going through his head, shoulder, hands, and knees. He was taken to Ayatollah Taleghany Hospital where he died on the same day. Four members of Forghan namely, Kamal Yassini, Mahmud Kashani, Mohammad Nouri, and Hassan Nouri, were charged in the assassination. Kamal Yasini, Mofatteh's assassin, a 20-year-old youth who held the responsibility of planning the groups terror, said that their previous terror attempts, including one at the Pars school, were unsuccessful and that he had aimed to perform the deed by himself. Funeral On the morning of 19 December Mofatteh's body, with those of his guards, was carried from the university's mosque, then carried to Qom and buried in the courtyard of the Fatemeh Ma'sumeh shrine. Reception December 18, the day Mofatteh was assassinated, is called the day for "unity among seminaries and universities". See also Mohammad Beheshti Morteza Motahhari Mohammad-Javad Bahonar Sources External links Photo of prayer of Eid al-Fitr by Mofatteh Mohammad Mofatteh, Al-Islam.org Photo and News of Mofatteh's assassination in the papers 1928 births 1979 deaths Iranian ayatollahs Iranian writers People from Hamadan Province People of the Iranian Revolution Combatant Clergy Association politicians People assassinated by the Furqan Group Deaths by firearm in Iran Qom Seminary alumni Burials at Fatima Masumeh Shrine