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

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]

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

  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.

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