Abdolhossein Hazhir

Summary

Abdolhossein Hazhir (Persian: عبدالحسین هژیر‎; 4 June 1902 – 5 November 1949) was an Iranian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Iran under Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in 1948, having been a minister 10 times.[1] One of his posts was the minister of finance.[2]

Abdolhossein Hazhir
27nd Prime Minister of Iran
In office
13 June 1948 – 9 November 1948
MonarchMohammad Reza Pahlavi
Preceded byEbrahim Hakimi
Succeeded byMohammad Sa'ed
Personal details
Born4 June 1902
Kashan, Qajar Iran
Died5 November 1949(1949-11-05) (aged 47)
Tehran, Pahlavi Iran
Alma materUniversity of Isfahan

During Hazhir's premiership in 1948 his policies were harshly criticized by Ayatollah Kashani who was one of the clerics close to the Fada'iyan-e Islam's leader Navab Safavi.[3] He was also subject to the criticisms of media outlets. One of them was a satirical magazine entitled Tawfiq which was closed by the government due to its frequent cartoons mocking Prime Minister Hazhir.[4] In November 1949, while serving as minister of royal court, Hazhir was assassinated at the Sipah Salar Mosque, Tehran.[5][6] The perpetrator was found to be Seyyed Hossein Emami Esfahani who was a member of Fada'iyan-e Islam, an Islamist militant organization led by Navab Safavi.[5][7]

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References edit

  1. ^ Alí Rizā Awsatí (2003). Irān dar Se Qarn-e Goz̲ashteh) [Iran in the Past Three Centuries] (in Persian). Vol. 1. Tehran: Paktāb Publishing. ISBN 964-93406-6-1. ISBN 964-93406-5-3
  2. ^ Ali Asghar Saeidi; Mary Yoshinari (2022). "Governing by partnership: the role of Abdolhossein Nikpour and the Chambers of Commerce in Iran's national economy". Middle Eastern Studies. 59: 9. doi:10.1080/00263206.2022.2043851. S2CID 255968390.
  3. ^ Sohrab Behdad (1997). "Islamic Utopia in pre‐revolutionary Iran: Navvab Safavi and the Fada'ian‐e Eslam". Middle Eastern Studies. 33 (1): 48. doi:10.1080/00263209708701141.
  4. ^ Babak Rahimi (2015). "Satirical cultures of media publics in Iran". International Communication Gazette. 77 (3): 271. doi:10.1177/1748048514568761. S2CID 144012670.
  5. ^ a b Farhad Kazemi (1984). "The Fadaˈiyan-e Islam: Fanaticism, Politics and Terror". In Said Amir Arjomand (ed.). From Nationalism to Revolutionary Islam. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 163. doi:10.1007/978-1-349-06847-0. ISBN 978-1-349-06849-4.
  6. ^ Aaron Vahid Sealy (2011). "In their place": Marking and unmarking Shi'ism in Pahlavi Iran (PhD thesis). University of Michigan. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-124-92027-6. ProQuest 896366090.
  7. ^ "Plot revealed to assassinate Persian premier". The Canberra Times. 7 June 1951. Retrieved 11 November 2012.

External links edit

  •   Media related to Abdolhossein Hazhir at Wikimedia Commons
Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Iran
1948
Succeeded by