Abdollah_Moazzami

Abdollah Moazzami

Abdollah Moazzami

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Abdullah Moazami (Persian: عبدالله معظمی) was an Iranian lawyer and politician. He taught at University of Tehran and was a member of Parliament of Iran for four consecutive terms from 1944 to 1953.[2] Moazami came from an upper-class[1] and titled landlord family[2] and has been described as a "man of moderate demeanor and connected with several factions by both family and politics".[3]

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In 1952, he lost to the royalist cleric Hassan Emami for the Speaker of the Parliament of Iran.[3] On 1 July 1953, he was elected as the speaker by a vote of 41 to 31, with one abstention.[4]

After the 1953 Iranian coup d'état, he was briefly imprisoned.[2]

His brother, Seyfollah Moazami, served as minister of post & telegraph under Government of Mohammad Mosaddegh.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 190–191. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
  2. [2]
    Abrahamian, Ervand (2013). "Moazemi, Abdullah (1909–1971)". The Coup: 1953, the CIA, and the roots of modern U.S.-Iranian relations. New York: New Press, The. p. xix. ISBN 978-1-59558-826-5.
  3. [3]
    Afkhami, Gholam Reza (2009). The Life and Times of the Shah. University of California Press. pp. 134, 155). ISBN 9780520942165.
  4. [4]
    "Mossadagh Backer Is Named Speaker", Madera Tribune, no. 81, 1 July 1953 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection


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