Sayyid Hassan Emami (; 1903–1981) was an Iranian Shia cleric and

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politician. He worked as a judge in the

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and taught law at the

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. He was regarded as a member of the

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's inner circle, and had close ties to ''

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'' and traditional classes, as well as

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. He supported

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's secular reforms, despite his family's history of religious conservatism. Emami is described an

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politician and staunchly hostile to

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and his policies. He discarded his religious attire after he returned from Switzerland, where he studied continental law, but resumed wearing it when he was appointed as Tehran's Friday prayer imam in 1947. In 1952 Iranian legislative election, Emami stood as a candidate from

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and

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city of

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, where he had never been. He was elected with the interference by '' Artesh'', thus Mohammad Mossadegh asked the parliament to reject his credentials but he was affirmed. On 1 July 1952, he defeated the National Front-backed Abdullah Moazzami for the Speaker of the Parliament of Iran. Emami fled the country following the 21 July pro-Mohammad Mossadegh demonstrations and offered his resignation in a message from Geneva.

References

Bibliography

* ''Ḥoqūq-e madanī'' (Civic Jurisprudence; 6 vols., Tehran, 1335-42 Š./1956-63)

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1903 births 1981 deaths 20th-century Iranian judges Academic staff of the University of Tehran

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