Mozzafar Baghai ( Persian : مظفر بقائی , alternatively rendered as Baqa'i ; 23 July 1912 – 18 November 1987) was an Iranian political figure who was most prominent during the 1940s and 1950s. He founded the Toilers Party of the Iranian Nation along with Khalil Maleki . In the period leading up to the 1953 coup , Baghai played a key role in destabilizing the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh and was personally implied in the abduction and murder of Mosaddegh's police chief Mahmoud Afshartous . : 40–44