Nosratollah Amini () was an Iranian lawyer and politician. He served as the mayor of

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between 1952 and 1953, and after the

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briefly held office as the governor of

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Life

Amini was born in 1915, in Arak to Ghamar Amini and her first husband but they divorced when Amini was young. Through his mothers remarriage to Seyyed Mohammad Sadr Mahallati, Amini had several half-sisters one of them being the artist

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Career

Amini was personal attorney of

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Marriage

Married Nahideh Atai in 1945 and had issue. The wedding ceremony was conducted by

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References

* * * * * 1915 births 2009 deaths National Front (Iran) politicians Mayors of Tehran Iranian emigrants to the United States People from Arak, Iran Naturalized citizens of the United States Deaths from pneumonia in Virginia 20th-century Iranian lawyers {{iran-bio-stub