Safi Asfia

Safi Asfia
Personal details
Born
Mohammad Ali Safi Asfia

1916
Tehran, Qajar Iran
Died11 April 2008 (aged 9192)
Tehran, Iran
Children3
Alma mater

Safi Asfia (Persian: محمدعلی صفی اصفیاء; 1916–2008) was an Iranian mining engineer, technocrat and politician who held several cabinet posts during the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He was arrested in 1979 when an Islamic revolution took place in Iran and was imprisoned for five years. Following his release Asfia did not leave Iran and was involved in computer programming.