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Biographies
Bakhtiar
Shahpour (1935 - 1991)
Last prime minister of the Shah in 1979; educated in France; long
standing activist in the National Front (Jebhey-e Meli); leader of
the Ian Party (Hezb-e Iran); founder of the National Resistance Front
(Jebhe-ye Moghavemat-e Meli) in Paris after the revolution; assassinated
in Paris.
Bakhtiar's
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Bani-Sadr,
Abul Hassan (1931 - )
First president of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1980), advisor to
Khomeini in Paris, member of the Revolutionary Council (Shoray-e enghelab)
and first Assembly of Experts (Majlis-e Khobregan), National Front
(Jebhey-e Meli) activist; removed from his office in 1981 and fled
to Paris.
Bani-Sadr's comments
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Bazargan, Mehdi (1907 - 1994)
Prime minister of the provisional government formed
during the revolution, educated in France; leader of Freedom Movement
(Nehzat-e Azadi) leading figure in the National Front (Jebhey-e
Meli) and among Islamist nationalists.
Bazargan's
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Jafroudi,
Kazem (1913 - )
Senator and member of the Parliament (Majlis-e Shora) under the Shah;
leading figure of the People's Party (Hezb-e Mellat); academic, educated
in Paris.
Jafroudi's comments
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Khomeini,
Ruhollah Moussavi (Ayatollah) (1902 - 1989)
Leader of the Islamic revolution, Vali-e faqih (a post-revolution
position entrusted to a high ranking clergyman elected by a panel
of the highest ranking peers to guarantee the compliance of all laws
with islam through supervision and intervention) author of several
books on Islam, Islamic government and mysticism.
Khomeini's speeches
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Madani,
Ahmad (Rear-Admiral)
(1929 - )
Defence minister, Chief commander of the Navy, governor of Khuzistan
after the revolution; presidential candidate in the first elections
held after the revolution; member of the National Front (Jebhey-e
Meli) activist before and after the revolution; left Iran in 1980.
Madani's
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Qarabaghi, Abbas (General)
(1918 - )
Chief of Staff of the army before and during the revolution; interior
minister in the government of Sharif Emami and Field Marshal Azhari;
military and law education; left Iran for France after the revolution.
Qarabaghi's comments
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Sanjabi,
Karim (Dr.) (1904 - )
Foreign minister in the provisional government of Bazargan; one of
the founders of the National Front (Jebhey-e Meli), Minister of Culture
under Mossadegh, one of the founders of Hezb-e Mihan and Iran Party
(Hezb-e Iran), educated in France, left Iran for the USA after the
revolution.
Sanjabi's comments
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