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Encyclopedia > Bakhtiar

Bakhtiar may refer to:

Shapour Bakhtiar, Iranian politician and Prime Minister of Iran (1979)
Rudi Bakhtiar, Iranian-American newswoman
Teymur Bakhtiar, Iranian general
A common Iranian surname, indicating descent from the Bakhtiari tribe

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Category: Disambiguation Shapour Bakhtiar Dr. Shapour Bakhtiar (1915-August 6, 1991) was an Iranian politician and, although for only 37 days, Prime Minister of Iran under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. ... As the result of an amendment to the Constitution of Iran in 1989, there is no longer a post titled Prime Minister of Iran, but Iran has had many prime ministers since the Qajar era, when the country was internationally known as Persia. ... News anchor Rudi Bakhtiar Rudi Bakhtiar (born June 21, 1966 in Fresno, California) (born Rudabeh Bakhtiar, in Persian:Ø±ÙˆØ¯Ø§Ø¨Ù‡ Ø¨Ø®ØªÛŒØ§Ø±) is an Iranian-American journalist, working for the Fox News Channel. ... Iranian-Americans (sometimes called Persian-Americans) are Americans of Iranian descent, including those who are expatriates in exile or permanent immigrants. ... Teymur Bakhtiar (ØªÛŒÙ…ÙˆØ± Ø¨Ø®ØªÛŒØ§Ø± in Persian) (1914â€“1970) was an Iranian general and the founder and head of SAVAK from 1958 to 1961, when he was dismissed by the Shah. ... The Bakhtiari (or Bakhtiyari) are a group of southwestern Iranian people. ...

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History of Iran: Dr. Shapour Bakhtiar (335 words)
	hapour Bakhtiar, son of Mohammad Reza (Sardar-e Fateh) and Naz-Baygom was born in 1915 in the Bakhtiari region of Iran.
	Bakhtiar's maternal grandfather, Najaf-Gholi Samsam ol-Saltaneh, was appointed prime minister twice: in 1912 and 1918.
	Subsequent to the coup of 1953, Bakhtiar was engaged in various activities and he remained a firm critic of the Mohammad Reza Shah's administration and was subsequently imprisoned for a total of nearly six years and banned from leaving Iran for a period of ten years.

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	In reading this collection of Dr. Bakhtiar's interviews, speeches and writings, one is moved by the passion and commitment of his message, which was rooted firmly in the secular humanism he tirelessly championed.
	Shapour Bakhtiar's life-long stance on the centre-left of his country's politics was largely determined by the circumstances of his birth.
	Bakhtiar joined the new Ministry of Labour, rising to its top position of permanent secretary within four years before being sacked for displeasing the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (later BP) and the Shah for advocating radical reforms in the area of labour relations.

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