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Mohammed Mosaddeq
Mohammad Mosaddegh (, ; 16 June 1882 – 5 March 1967) was an Iranian politician, author, and lawyer who served as the 30th Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953, elected by the 16th Majlis. He was a member of the Iranian parliament from 1923, and served through a contentious 1952 election into the 17th Iranian Majlis, until his government was overthrown in the 1953 Iranian coup d'etat aided by the intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom (MI6) and the United States ( CIA), led by Kermit Roosevelt Jr. His National Front was suppressed from the 1954 election. Before its removal from power, his administration introduced a range of social and political measures such as social security, land reforms and higher taxes including the introduction of taxation on the rent of land. His government's most significant policy was the nationalisation of the Iranian oil industry, which had been built by the British on Persian lands since 1913 through the Anglo-Persian Oil Company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980) was the last List of monarchs of Iran, Shah of Iran, ruling from 1941 to 1979. He succeeded his father Reza Shah and ruled the Imperial State of Iran until he was overthrown by the Iranian Revolution, which abolished the Iranian monarchy to establish the present-day Islamic Republic of Iran. In 1967, he took the title (), and also held several others, including () and (). He was the second and last ruling monarch of the Pahlavi dynasty. His vision of the "Great Civilization" () led to his leadership over rapid industrial and military modernization, as well as economic and social reforms in Iran. During World War II, the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran forced the abdication of Reza Shah and succession of Mohammad Reza Shah. During his reign, the Anglo-Iranian Oil, British-owned oil industry was nationalized by the prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, who had support from Iran's national parliament to do so; however, Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 labor and tax laws in Iran, tax policies in Iran, *in charge of Foreign Direct Investment in Iran, foreign direct investment (F.D.I.), *directing the Banking and Insurance in Iran, banking and commercial insurance sector of Iran, *regulating the financial markets of Iran, see also: Tehran Stock Exchange#Structure, 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 Ministers responsible for finance under Pahlavi dynasty. *Mohammad Ali Foroughi, 1924–1925 *Morteza Gholi Bayat, 1925-? *Vossu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democrat Party (Persia)
The Democrat Party () was a social democratic political party in Qajari Persia, during the constitutional period. It was one of two major parliamentary parties at the time, along with the Moderate Socialists Party. It was largely composed of middle-class intellectuals and stood for the separation of church and state. History Initially an offshoot of the Transcaucasia-based Social Democratic Party, it severed direct ties with Baku Baku (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Azerbaijan, largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is below sea level, which makes it the List of capital ci ... and dropped "Social" from the name in deference to the conservative public. Its ideology, however, remained heavily borrowed from the old party. In 1918, the party split definitively into the ''Pro-Reorganization Democrats'' () led by Bahar; and the ''Anti-Reorganization Democrats'' (). Parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moderate Socialists' Party
Moderate Socialists () or simply Moderates Party (), was a political party in Qajari Persia and one of the two major parties of the constitutional period alongside its parliamentary rival Social Democratic Party– Democrat Party. It was Iran's first right-wing political party. Members The party membership consisted largely of landowners, constitutionalist ulema and bazaaris. It espoused the traditional middle-class and landed aristocracy. Notable members and supporters were: * Sayyed Mohammad Tabatabai * Sayyed Abdullah Behbahani * Ali-Mohammad Dawlatabadi * Mohammad Vali Khan Tonekaboni * Abdol-Hossein Farmanfarma * Abolqasem Naser al-Molk * Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda * Mohammad Mossadegh Views The party claimed to uphold the principles of Islam, proposing military, judicial, and economic reforms, as well as strengthening the constitutional monarchy, convening the Senate, protecting family values, private property, limitation of the work week and wages in accordanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Neuchâtel
The University of Neuchâtel (UniNE) is a French-speaking public research university in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. The university has four faculties (schools) and more than a dozen institutes, including arts and human sciences, natural sciences, law and economics. The Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences, with 2,000 students, is the largest school of those that comprise the University of Neuchâtel. The university has an annual budget of CHF 144 million and an annual research fund of CHF 40 million. Approximately 4,000 students, including 600 PhD students attend the university, and more than 600 diplomas, licences, doctorates and certificates are awarded each year. The university has more than 1,100 employees. History The University of Neuchâtel superseded the Academy, which was created in 1838 by King Frederick William IV of Prussia, Prince of Neuchâtel. It awarded licentiate academic degrees in arts and sciences. In 1848, the Grand Council decreed the closing of the academy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbas Mirza
Abbas Mirza (; 26 August 1789 – 25 October 1833) was the Qajar dynasty, Qajar crown prince of Qajar Iran, Iran during the reign of his father Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (). As governor of the vulnerable Azerbaijan (Iran), Azerbaijan province, he played a crucial part in the two wars against the Russian Empire (Russo-Persian War (1804–1813), 1804–1813 and Russo-Persian War (1826–1828), 1826–1828), as well as the Ottoman–Persian War (1821–1823), war of 1821–1823 against the Ottoman Empire. He is also recognized for leading Iran's first reform and modernization attempts with the help of his ministers Mirza Bozorg Qa'em-Maqam and Abol-Qasem Qa'em-Maqam. The conflict in the Azerbaijan and Caucasus regions between Iran and the Russian Empire was prevalent throughout the time that Abbas Mirza was growing up. On March 20, 1799, he was made the crown prince and given the title of ''Nayeb-al-saltana'' (viceregent). Around the same time, he was appointed the governor of Azerbaijan, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdol-Hossein Farman Farma
Abdol-Hossein Farman-Farma (; 1857 – November 1939) was a prominent Iranian prince of the Qajar dynasty and one of the most influential Iranian politicians in the Qajar Iran, Qajar era. Born in Tabriz to Firuz Mirza, Prince Nosrat Dowleh Firouz in 1857, he was the 16th grandson of the Qajar crown prince Abbas Mirza. He fathered 26 sons and 13 daughters by 8 wives. He lived to see four sons of his first wife die within his lifetime. Biography Prince Abdol-Hossein Farmanfarma was born to Nosrat Dowleh Firouz Mirza, Prince Nosrat Dowleh Firouz and Hajieh Homa Khanoum in 1858 in Tabriz, and was a grandson of the Qajar crown prince Abbas Mirza. He was extensively educated at home by private tutors in traditional subjects such as poetry, literature, mathematics, Arabic, and religion, along with modern sciences and Western languages. In 1878, at age 21, he continued his education at the Austro-Hungarian military mission in Persia, Austrian Military Academy in Tehran, where he dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmadabad-e Mosaddeq
Ahmadabad-e Mosaddeq () is a village in, and the capital of, Ahmadabad Rural District in the Central District of Nazarabad County, Alborz province, Iran, 7.5 km southwest of Abyek. Mohammad Mosaddegh, former Prime Minister of Iran, is buried in Ahmadabad-e Mosaddeq. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,401 in 358 households, when it was in Tehran province. In 2010, the county was separated from the province in the establishment of Alborz province. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,603 in 507 households. Ahmadabad-e Mosaddeq was the most populous village in its rural district. Notable people The Iranian politician Mohammad Mosaddegh Mohammad Mosaddegh (, ; 16 June 1882 – 5 March 1967) was an Iranian politician, author, and lawyer who served as the 30th Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953, elected by the 1950 Iranian legislative election, 16th Majlis. He was a membe ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pahlavi Iran
The Imperial State of Iran, officially known as the Imperial State of Persia until 1935, and commonly referred to as Pahlavi Iran, was the Iranian state under the rule of the Pahlavi dynasty. The Pahlavi dynasty was created in 1925 and lasted until 1979, when it was ousted as part of the Islamic Revolution, which ended the Iranian monarchy and established the current Islamic Republic of Iran. The Pahlavis came to power in 1925 with the ascension to the throne of Reza Shah, a former brigadier-general of the Persian Cossack Brigade, and the overthrow of Ahmad Shah Qajar, the last Iranian ruler under the Qajar dynasty. Iran's ''Majlis'', convening as a constituent assembly on 12 December 1925, deposed the young Ahmad Shah Qajar and declared Reza Shah as the new ''shah'' of the Imperial State of Persia. In 1935, Reza Shah asked foreign delegates to use the endonym Iran instead of the exonym Persia when addressing the country in formal correspondence. Reza Shah declared Iran neu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
