Yadollah Sahabi

Dr. Yadollah Sahabi
یدالله سحابی
Chairman of the Parliament of Iran
In office
28 June 1980  28 July 1980
Preceded by Javad Saeed
Succeeded by Hashemi Rafsanjanii
Member of Parliament of Iran
In office
28 June 1980  9 January 1983
Constituency Tehran
Personal details
Born (1905-02-25)25 February 1905
Tehran, Iran
Died 12 April 2002(2002-04-12) (aged 97)
Tehran, Iran
Nationality Iranian
Political party Freedom Movement
Religion Usuli Twelver Shia Islam

Yadollah Sahabi (25 February 1905 – 12 April 2002) was a prominent Iranian scholar, writer, reformist and politician.[1] A close associate of Mohammad Mosaddegh and Mehdi Bazargan, Sahabi was an active campaigner for the nationalisation of the Iranian oil industry in the 1950s. He was the father of Ezzatollah Sahabi.

Sahabi studied at Université Lille Nord de France and majored in Geology. He got his PhD degree in 1936 and was immediately hired by Tehran University, faculty of science. Sahabi was one of the founders of Freedom Movement of Iran. He was an advocate of pluralism and democracy.[2] He was a full professor at Tehran University and well credited writer.[3]

Sahabi is considered by many Iranians as a national hero and an Iranian treasure.[4] He died at the age of 97 in Jam Hospital in Tehran.

References

  1. BBC News | MIDDLE EAST | Veteran Iranian reformer dies
  2. Dr. Yadollah Sahabi, A Eulogy
  3. Senior liberal activist Yadollah Sahabi dies: Report
  4. THE IRANIAN: Yadollah Sahabi, Abbas F. Saffari

See also

Political offices
Preceded by
Javad Saeed
Chairman of Parliament of Iran
1980
Succeeded by
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
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