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Seyyed Mohammad Reza Saeedi (Persian: سید محمدرضا سعیدی) (born: 1929, Mashhad) was an Iranian Twelver Shia cleric; who was among the (known) revolutionary companions of Iran's previous/first supreme leader, Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini; and eventually was killed due to the tortures of SAVAK (of the Shah) at the age of 41. He is the father of Seyyed Mohammad Saeedi, the Imam of Friday Prayer (of Qom), and likewise Seyyed Ahmad Khatami, Tehran's Imam of Friday.