Council of the Islamic Revolution formed Interim Government on Ruhollah Khomeini's order after resignation of

Mehdi Bazargan Mehdi Bazargan (; 1 September 1907 – 20 January 1995) was an Iranian scholar, academic, long-time pro-democracy activist and head of Interim government of Iran, 1979, Iran's interim government. One of the leading figures of Iranian Revolutio ...

because of

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. According to Ali Akbar Moinfar,

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chaired by

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as ''First Secretary'' until Abolhassan Banisadr elected as

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. Banisadr was made head of the Revolutionary Council on 7 February 1980.

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