Yadollah Sahabi

Yadollah Sahabi (25 February 1905 – 12 April 2002) was a prominent Iranian scholar, writer, reformist and politician.[2] A close associate of Mohammad Mosaddegh and Mehdi Bazargan, Sahabi was an active campaigner for the nationalization of the Iranian oil industry in the 1950s. He was the father of Ezzatollah Sahabi and Fereydun Sahabi.

Yadollah Sahabi
Member of Parliament of Iran
In office
28 May 1980 – 28 May 1984
ConstituencyTehran, Rey and Shemiranat
Majority817,869 (50.1%)
Minister without Portfolio
for Revolutionary Projects[1]
In office
18 February 1979 – 6 November 1979
Prime MinisterMehdi Bazargan
Personal details
Born(1905-02-25)25 February 1905
Tehran, Iran
Died12 April 2002(2002-04-12) (aged 97)
Tehran, Iran
Political partyFreedom Movement

Sahabi studied at Université Lille Nord de France and majored in Geology. He got his Ph.D. degree in 1936 and was immediately hired by Tehran University, faculty of science. Sahabi was one of the founders of the Freedom Movement of Iran. He was an advocate of pluralism nationalization[3] He was a full professor at Tehran University and well-credited writer.[4]

Sahabi is considered by many Iranians a national hero and an Iranian treasure.[5] He died at the age of 97 in Jam Hospital in Tehran.

See also

References
  1. Mohammad Heydari (2008), "اخراجی‌های دولت", Shahrvand Magazine (in Persian), no. 43
  2. BBC News | MIDDLE EAST | Veteran Iranian reformer dies
  3. Dr. Yadollah Sahabi, A Eulogy
  4. Senior liberal activist Yadollah Sahabi dies: Report
  5. THE IRANIAN: Yadollah Sahabi, Abbas F. Saffari
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