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 ...
under
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi 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
Sayyed Abol-Ghasem Mostafavi-Kashani ( fa, سید ابوالقاسم کاشانی ''Abu’l-Qāsem Kāšāni''; 19 November 1882 – 13 March 1962) was an Iranian politician and Shia Marja.
Early life
His father, Ayatollah Hajj Seyyed Mostafav ...
who was one of the clerics close to the
Fada'iyan-e Islam
Fadā'iyān-e Islam ( fa, فدائیان اسلام, also spelled as ''Fadayan-e Islam'' or in English "Fedayeen of Islam" or "Devotees of Islam" or literally "Self-Sacrificers of Islam") is a Shia fundamentalist group in Iran with a strong activi ...
's leader
Navab Safavi
Sayyid Mojtaba Mir-Lohi ( fa, سيد مجتبی میرلوحی, 1924 – 18 January 1956), more commonly known as Navvab Safavi ( fa, نواب صفوی), was an Iranian Shia cleric and founder of the Fada'iyan-e Islam group. He played a role in a ...
. 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. 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.
See also
* List of prime ministers of Iran
References
External links
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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
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