Yadollah Sahabi

Yadollah Sahabi

Yadollah Sahabi (1905 - April 12 , 2002) was a prominent Iranian scholar, writer, reformist and politician. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1926235.stm BBC News | MIDDLE EAST | Veteran Iranian reformer dies ] ] A close associate of Mohammad Mosaddeq and Mehdi Bazargan, Sahabi was an active campaigner for the nationalisation of the Iranian oil industry in the 1950s.

Sahabi studied at Lail University 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 Iran Freedom Movement. He was an advocate of pluralism and democracy. [ [http://www.netnative.com/news/02/apr/1061.html Dr. Yadollah Sahabi, A Eulogy ] ] He was a full professor at Tehran University and well credited writer. [ [http://www.payvand.com/news/02/apr/1036.html Senior liberal activist Yadollah Sahabi dies: Report ] ]

Yadollah Sahabi is considered by many Iranians as a national hero and an Iranian treasure. [ [http://www.iranian.com/Opinion/2002/April/Sahabi/index.html THE IRANIAN: Yadollah Sahabi, Abbas F. Saffari ] ]

He died at the age of 96 in Jam Hosspital in Tehran

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ee also

*Intellectual movements in Iran


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