Abdolhossein Hazhir ( fa, عبدالحسین هژیر‎; 4 June 1902 – 5 November 1949) was an Iranian politician who served as the

Prime Minister of Iran The Prime Minister of Iran was a political post that had existed in Iran (Persia) during much of the 20th century. It began in 1906 during the Qajar dynasty and into the start of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1923 and into the 1979 Iranian Revolution ...

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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi , title = Shahanshah Aryamehr Bozorg Arteshtaran , image = File:Shah_fullsize.jpg , caption = Shah in 1973 , succession = Shah of Iran , reign = 16 September 1941 – 11 February 1979 , coronation = 26 October ...

in 1948, having been a minister 10 times. One of his posts was the minister of finance. 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. He was also subject to the criticisms of media outlets. One of them was a satirical magazine entitled ''

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'' which was closed by the government due to its frequent cartoons mocking Prime Minister Hazhir. In November 1949, while serving as minister of royal court, Hazhir was assassinated at the Sipah Salar Mosque, Tehran. 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.

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* 20th-century Iranian politicians 1902 births 1949 deaths Government ministers of Iran Prime Ministers of Iran Assassinated Iranian politicians People murdered in Iran People assassinated by the Fada'iyan-e Islam Victims of Islamic terrorism Finance ministers of Iran {{Iran-politician-stub

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