Mansour Rouhani
Mansour Rouhani | |
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Minister of Water and Power | |
In office 7 March 1964 – ? | |
Prime Minister |
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Minister of Agriculture | |
In office ? – 27 August 1978 | |
Prime Minister | Amir Abbas Hoveyda |
Personal details | |
Born | 1922 |
Died | 11 April 1979 | (aged 56–57)
Spouse | Parvin Rouhani |
Mansour Rouhani (1922–11 April 1979) was an Iranian politician who held several government posts during the reign of
Biography
Rouhani's father was a
On 7 March 1964 Rouhani was named as the minister of water and power in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Hasan Ali Mansour.[4] Rouhani served in the same post in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Amir-Abbas Hoveyda from 26 January 1965.[5] He also served as the minister of agriculture in the next cabinet of Amir Abbas Hoveyda.[6][7] He was reappointed to the post on 13 September 1971.[6]
Rouhani and many other leading figures close to the Shah were removed from the office in Fall 1978 shortly after the riots and protests occurred in rural parts of Iran.[8] On 13 September 1978 Rouhani was arrested.[9]
He was in prison when a regime change took place in Iran in February 1979. He was tried by the newly established Islamic Revolutionary Court led by religious judge Sadegh Khalkhali.[10] Rouhani was charged with treason and corruption on earth and sentenced to death.[10] Rasoul Sadr Ameli, an Iranian journalist worked for Ettela'at, reported that when Rouhani learned these claims, he asked the judge how he engaged in war with God.[11] Khalkhali answered him: "You are a Baha'i."[11] Rouhani was also accused of having destroyed agriculture during his terms as minister of agriculture and minister of water and power.[12]
Rouhani was 57 years old when he was killed by the revolutionaries on 11 April 1979.[10] The same day ten other senior figures, including former foreign minister Abbas Ali Khalatbari, were also executed.[13][14]
Personal life
His wife was Parvin Rouhani who left Iran before or after the Islamic revolution in 1979 and settled in the United States.[15] The family properties were confiscated by the Islamic government during that period.[16]
Rouhani's son married an American woman, and they both left Iran in 1978.[16]
References
- ^ "Iran Announces Suit Against French Firm". The New York Times. 18 July 1977. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "To National Spiritual Assemblies". Bahai.org. 17 October 1979. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ Mina Yazdani (Spring 2017). "Towards a History of Iran's Baha'i Community During the Reign of Mohammad Reza Shah, 1941-1979". Iran Namag. 2 (1): 85.
- JSTOR 4323704.
- ISBN 978-0-230-27095-4.
- ^ JSTOR 4324874.
- S2CID 145536026.
- JSTOR 20040117.
- JSTOR 4325819.
- ^ a b c "One Person's Story. Mansur Ruhani". Abdorrahman Boroumand Center. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ a b Niloufar Rostami (18 May 2021). "Corpses on the Snow: Journalist Remembers Khomeini's Blessing for 1979 Execution". Iranware. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ProQuest 386986693. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ "Teheran executes 11 top ex-officials". The New York Times. Tehran. 11 April 1979. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- JSTOR 4325879.
- ^ "Interview with Rohani, Parvin: Tape 01". Harvard Library.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-521-46456-7.