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Government Of Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (1981)
The Government of Mohammad-Javad Bahonar was the second government of Iran after the Iranian Revolution. During that time, Mohammad-Ali Rajai was president and Mohammad-Javad Bahonar was prime minister. Rajai's Presidency On August 15, 1981, Rajai was elected as second president of Iran. He introduced Mohammad-Javad Bahonar as prime minister to parliament and parliament voted him. Rajai was the President of Iran for 15 days. He started the Iranian retirement program for individuals over the age of 70. On August 30, 1981, President Rajai held a meeting of Iran's Supreme Defense Council, along with Prime Minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar. Witnesses later stated that a trusted aide brought a briefcase into the conference room, setting it between the two leaders, then left. Another person opened the case, triggering a bomb that set the room ablaze and killed Rajai, Bahonar, and three others.Facts on File Yearbook 1981 The assassin was identified as Masoud Keshmiri, an operative of th ...
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Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and the replacement of his government with an Islamic republic under the rule of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a leader of one of the factions in the revolt. The revolution was supported by various leftist and Islamist organizations. After the 1953 Iranian coup d'état, Pahlavi had aligned with the United States and the Western Bloc to rule more firmly as an authoritarian monarch. He relied heavily on support from the United States to hold on to power which he held for a further 26 years. This led to the 1963 White Revolution and the arrest and exile of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1964. Amidst massive tensions between Khomeini and the Shah, demonstrations began in October 1977, developing into a campaig ...
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Morteza Nabavi
Murtaza or Morteza or Mortaza, a Persianate form of the Arabic Murtada or Murtadha ( ar, مرتضى, translit=Murtaḍā, lit=One Pleasing to God, label=none), is a common Muslim name. Pronunciation varies with accent, from native Arabic speakers to speakers of European and Asian languages. The name is an epithet of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Due to the rhyming nature, Murtaza is sometimes confused with Mustafa ('Chosen One'), an epithet of Muhammad. Honorific/regnal name * Ali ibn Abi Talib (601–661), son-in-law of Muhammad, fourth Rashidun Caliph, first Shi'a Imam * Al-Husayn ibn Ali al-Abid, descendant of Ali, rose in revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate and assumed the name ''al-Murtadha'' as his regnal title. * Al-Murtada Muhammad (died 922), second Zaydi Imam of Yemen * Abu Hafs Umar al-Murtada (d. 1266), thirteenth Almohad caliph * Sharif al-Murtaza (965–1044), Shi'a scholar * Murtada al-Zabidi (1732–1790), S ...
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Ministry Of Health And Medical Education
The Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME) has executive responsibility for health and medical education within the Iranian government. The MOHME comprises five departments headed by deputy ministers: # Research and Technology #Education #Logistics #Food and Drugs #Health Iran's health system is highly centralized, and almost all decisions regarding general goals, policies and allocation of resources are made at the central level by MOHME. The Ministry has the legal authority to oversee, license and regulate the activities of the private health sector.The role of contractual arrangements in improving health sector performance
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Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh ( fa, میرحسین موسوی خامنه, Mīr-Hoseyn Mūsavī Khāmené, ; born 2 March 1942) is an Iranian reformist politician, artist and architect who served as the forty-ninth and last Prime Minister of Iran from 1981 to 1989. He was a reformist candidate for the 2009 presidential election and eventually the leader of the opposition in the post-election unrest. Mousavi served as the president of the Iranian Academy of Arts until 2009, when Conservative authorities removed him. In the early years of the revolution, Mousavi was the editor-in-chief of '' Jomhouri-e Eslami'', the official newspaper of the Islamic Republican Party, before being elevated to Minister of Foreign Affairs and eventually the post of Prime Minister. He was the last Prime Minister in Iran prior to the 1989 constitutional changes which removed the post of the prime minister; he then went into semi-retirement for the next 20 years. He remains a member of the Expediency ...
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Minister Of Foreign Affairs (Iran)
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran and a member of the Cabinet. The current office holder is Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, being approved by the Parliament on 25 August 2021 after being nominated by the President. List of ministers Qajar Iran Pahlavi Iran Islamic Republic of Iran See also * Ministry of Foreign Affairs * Cabinet of Iran External links * {{Iran topics Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm ... Government ministers of Iran Foreign relations of Iran ...
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Hassan Ghafourifard
Hassan Ghafourifard ( fa, حسن غفوری‌فرد) (born 5 August 1943) is an Iranian academic and conservative politician. Ghafourifard held government portfolios in the 1980s, before being appointed as the Physical Education Organization under president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. He formerly represented Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr twice in the Parliament of Iran, as well as serving a brief spell from Mashhad and Kalat electoral district. Ghafourifard ran for Iranian presidential elections twice, and was defeated in both October 1981 and 2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanistan ... elections. References 1943 births Living people Members of the 1st Islamic Consultative Assembly Members of the 5th Islamic Consultative Assembly Members of ...
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Ministry Of Energy (Iran)
Ministry of Energy ( fa, وزارت نیرو ''Vezârat-e Niru''), Government regulates and manages the implementation of policies applicable to energy, electricity, water and wastewater services in Iran. History and profile Developed on 17 October 1936 (before the current constitution of Iran (1979)), the ministry was established to provide electricity to the city of Tehran. On 20 May 1943 (before the current constitution of Iran (1979)), its portfolio was expanded to include water management in the country. It was later renamed as the ministry of water and electricity on 17 March 1964. Later on 17 February 1975, after the parliamentary approval it became the ministry of energy. On 10 May 1978, under energy minister Jahanguir Mahdmina, the ministry's function was expanded to contain the construction and operation of nuclear power plants in the country. After the new Iranian constitution was formed (1979) some parliamentary changes took place for the duties of this ministry. On ...
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Ali Akbar Parvaresh
Ali Akbar Parvaresh ( fa, علی اکبر پرورش‎; 1942 – 27 December 2013) was an Iranian politician. He was Minister of Education from 1981 to 1985 and also a parliament member for three terms, first elected in 1980 and served again from 1988 to 1996. He was a presidential candidate twice, the first time in July 1981 election which he received 401,035 (2.8% of votes) and the second time in October 1981 election gained 341,841 (2.1%) and ranked second after Ali Khamenei Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei ( fa, سید علی حسینی خامنه‌ای, ; born 19 April 1939) is a Twelver Shia ''marja and the second and current Supreme Leader of Iran, in office since 1989. He was previously the third president o .... He was deputy to Secretary-General of Islamic Coalition Party until 2001. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Parvaresh, Ali Akbar 1942 births 2013 deaths Government ministers of Iran Islamic Coalition Party politicians Members of the 1st I ...
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Ministry Of Education (Iran)
The Ministry of Education of Iran ( fa, وزارت آموزش و پرورش جمهوری اسلامی ایران, ''Vâzart-e Âmôzesh-e vâ Prevârsh-e Jimhuri-ye Eslâmi-ye Iran'') (lit. Ministry of Teaching and Growing of the Islamic Republic of Iran) established in 1964, is an Iranian government body (department) responsible for the oversight of K-12 education in Iran. Each year, a certain portion of the yearly budget gets allocated to public educational institutions (government-run schools & universities). Currently, the average of 20% of government spending and 5% of GDP is allocated to the education sector, a rate that is subjectively higher than most other countries that are in the similar age bracket of Iran (around the age of 50 years). The amount that is allocated to the educational institutions, 50% of it is given to secondary education institutions and 21% of the annual state education budget is allocated to the post-secondary educational institutions (tertiary educa ...
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Hossein Namazi
Hossein Namazi ( fa, حسین نمازی; born 1945) is an Iranian economist and academic, who served in different cabinet posts. Early life and education Namazi was born in 1945. He received a PhD in economics in Austria. Career Namazi is an economist and academic. He served as the minister of finance in different governments of Iran. First he served in this post from March 1981 to 1985. In 1985 he was approved for the post by the Majlis, getting 106 for votes. He was reappointed as minister of finance to the cabinet led by President Mohammad Khatami in August 1997. He succeeded Morteza Mohammadkhan in the post. When Namazi was in office, there was a rivalry between him and Mohsen Nourbakhsh, governor of Central Bank of Iran. Namazi's term ended in August 2001, and he was replaced by Tahmasb Mazaheri Tahmasb Mazaheri ( fa, طهماسب مظاهری) is an Iranian politician who served as the Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance between 2001 and 2004, and then held ...
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Ministry Of Economic Affairs And Finance (Iran)
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance's functions are: *Manage the Iranian treasury department, *Lending by the government to banks in Iran, *Regulation of Iran's economy and its financial policy, *implementing & enforcing tax policies in Iran, *in charge of foreign direct investment (F.D.I.), *directing the banking and commercial insurance sector of Iran, *regulating the financial markets of Iran, see also: Securities and Exchange Organization (SEO) & Central Bank of Iran. The affairs related policy-making, organizations, and institutes in the field of trade of goods and services are handled by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance (Ministry of E.A.F.). Ministers of Finance during the Imperial State of Iran * Mohammad Ali Foroughi, 1924-1925 *Morteza Gholi Bayat, 1925-? *Vossug ed Dowleh, 1926 * Firouz Nosrat-ed-Dowleh III, 1927-1929 *Mohammad Ali Farzin, 1929 *Hassan Mashhar, 1929-1930 * Hassan Taqizadeh, 1930-1933 *Ali Akbar Davar, 1933-1937 * Mahmud Ba ...
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Mousa Namjoo
Mousa Namjoo (, 17 December 1938 – 29 September 1981) was an Iranian military who served as the minister of defence and armed forces logistics in August to September 1981. Biography Namjoo was born in Bandar-e Anzali on 17 December 1938. He graduated from Officers' School (now Imam Ali Military University). He was married and had three children. He worked at the National Military Academy with the rank of colonel. He was instrumental in developing a cooperation between the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps and army before and during the Iran Iraq war. He also fought in the war. He was appointed minister of defence and armed forces logistics to the interim government led by Prime Minister Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani on 2 September 1981. Death Namjoo was killed in a plane crash together with 80 other people on 29 September 1981 near Tehran. The aircraft was a US-made C-130 Hercules transport plane. Other leading military figures killed in the crash were Valiollah Fallahi, Java ...
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