Bagher Babashah Ashtiani
| Bagher Babashah Ashtiani (باقر باباشاه آشتیانی (بهی | |
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| Born |
23 February 1923 Ashtian, Iran |
| Died |
22 December 2015 (aged 92) Calabasas, California |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Spouse(s) | Pari-Rokh Afrashteh (m. 1956) |
| Children |
Sharareh Mercedeh Alireza |
Bagher Babashah Ashtiani (باقر باباشاه آشتیانی) was a former Iranian prosecutor and a judge on the country's highest court (دیوان عالی کشور) before the Iranian Revolution. He was chief prosecutor in the cities of Zanjan and Karaj. In the 1970s, he was nominated by the Minister of Justice Manuchehr Parto and approved by Mohammadreza Shah Pahlavi to represent the state in the Iranian Supreme Court and later served as special counsel (مستشار) to the Country's Supreme Court. After the revolution, his last position was to serve as the head of Ministry of Justice's Bureau of Liquidation and Bankruptcy Affairs. He also wrote a column on social and judicial affairs in the popular Khandaniha magazine under the Pen name Behi ( بهی). He died in Los Angeles, California due to Respiratory failure on the first day of winter of 2015.
In his lifetime, Babashahi was close to many prominent figures associated with the National Front of Iran ( جبهه ملی) such as Jalali Naeeni and Assadollah Mobasheri (who became the first minister of justice in the Islamic Republic in Bazargan's interim government).[1] Although Babashahi greatly admired Prime Minister Mosaddeq, he had a profound respect for Reza Shah as the "Father of Modern Iran".
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Babashahi Greeting The Shah in City of Zanjan, Iran as City's Chief Prosecutor