Rahman Dadman (; 1956–2001) was an Iranian

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. Trained as a civil engineer, Dadman briefly served as the Minister of Roads and Transportation between January and May 2001. He died in a plane crash on 17 May 2001.

Biography

Dadman was born in

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in 1956. He received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the

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in 1983. He also obtained a master of science degree in the same field from the same institution in 1986. Dadman held a PhD again in civil engineering which he received from the

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in 1996. Before the 1979 revolution Dadman was part of the revolutionaries. Dadman worked at his alma mater, University of Tehran, as a faculty member. He was appointed Minister of Roads and Transportation under President

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on 14 January 2001. On 17 May 2001 he died in an air accident with about 30 other passengers in the crash of an Iranian Yak-40 plane, 13 miles from the city of

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, in northern Iran. Dadman was married to Zohratalsadat Nazari who was one of the individuals involved in the

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of the US Embassy in Tehran in November 1979. They had four children. One of his children, Ali Dadman, died on 27 June 2016 under mysterious conditions.

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