Mohammad-Hassan Shamshiri ( fa, محمدحسن شمشیری), more known as Haj Hasan Shamshiri, was an Iranian ''

bazaari Bazaari (Persian: بازاری) is the merchant class and workers of bazaars, the traditional marketplaces of Iran. Bazaari are involved in "petty trade of a traditional, or nearly traditional, kind, centered on the bazaar and its Islamic culture ...

restaurateur A restaurateur is a person who opens and runs restaurants professionally. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who owns a restaurant, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspec ...

, philanthropist and civic patriotic activist. Shamshiri was among leading members of the ''

Chelow kabab Chelow kabab ( fa, چلوکباب ) is an Iranian dish consisting of steamed rice () and one of the many varieties of Iranian kebab. It is considered the national dish of Iran, and was probably created by the time of the Qajar dynasty. Chelo ...

'' guild and a

patron Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows on another. In the history of art, arts patronage refers to the support that kings, popes, and the wealthy have provided to artists su ...

of the National Front and its affiliated parties. He purchased a substantional amount of the bonds issued by

Governments of Mohammad Mosaddegh The premiership of Mohammad Mosaddegh began when his first government was formed on 28 April 1951 and ended on 19 August 1953, when his second government was overthrown by the American–British backed coup d'état. During the time, the two cabine ...

to support his cause. After the

1953 Iranian coup d'état The 1953 Iranian coup d'état, known in Iran as the 28 Mordad coup d'état ( fa, کودتای ۲۸ مرداد), was the overthrow of the democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in favor of strengthening the monarchical rule of ...

, he continued his financial contributions and grassroots supports to the nationalist 'National Resistance Movement (NRM)', and was subsequently banished to an island in the

Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Persis, Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a Mediterranean sea (oceanography), me ...

by the post-coup government.

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* People from Tehran 1897 births 1961 deaths National Front (Iran) people Iranian restaurateurs Iranian philanthropists Iranian activists Iranian trade unionists 20th-century philanthropists {{Iran-bio-stub