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Encyclopedia > Ebrahim Yazdi

Ebrahim Yazdi (ابراهیم یزدی; born 1931 in Qazvin) is a Persian politician, the Secretary General of Freedom Movement Party, a party which is considered illegal by some Iranian officials. 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Qazvin may refer to: Qazvin (city) Qazvin province Note: Qazvin province was created in 1996; older references to Qazvin are invariably to the city. ... Persia or Persian most often refer to: Persia The Persians, an ethnic group, also called Tajiks Persian language Persian (Pokémon) See also Iranian, Iranian peoples, Iranian languages and Aryan. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ...


Yazdi was the Minister of Foreign Affairs in interim government of Mehdi Bazargan, until November 6, 1979, when the cabinet's mass resignation in the aftermath of Ayatollah Khomeini's support of the hostage-taking students in Iran hostage crisis was accepted by Khomeini. The first Minister of Foreign Affairs (or Foreign Minister) of Iran was Mirza Abdolvahhab Khan Motamed od-Dowleh Neshat who served between 1819 and 1824. ... ... Mehdi Bazargan (مهدی بازرگان In Persian) (September, 1907? - January 20, 1995) (also spelled Mahdi Bazargan) was head of Irans interim government, virtually Irans first prime minister after the Iranian Revolution of 1979. ... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Ayatollah Khomeini founded the first modern Islamic republic Ayatollah Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini (آیت‌الله روح‌الله خمینی in Persian) (May 17, 1900 – June 3, 1989) was an Iranian Shia cleric and the political and spiritual leader of the 1979 revolution that overthrew Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the then Shah of Iran. ... The Iran hostage crisis was a 444-day period during which the new government of Iran after the Iranian Revolution held hostage 66 diplomats and citizens of the United States. ...


On March 8 Freedom Movement Party of Iran announced his nomination for Iranian presidential election, 2005.[1] March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... The Iranian presidential election of 2005, the ninth presidential election in Iranian history, took place in two rounds, first on June 17, 2005, and then as a run-off on June 24. ...


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The Ebrahim Yazdi File (916 words)
Yazdi, 66, was detained a day after he joined more than 50 other critics in signing a protest letter demanding that a controversial dissident cleric's rights be respected.
Yazdi had recently made public remarks that were seen by some authorities to have been insulting to the leadership.
Yazdi said hardliners in the Shi'ite Muslim clergy did not accept popular sovereignty and argued that the constitutional principle of rule by a supreme Islamic legal scholar should not be subject to democratic control.
The Ebrahim Yazdi File (916 words)
Yazdi, 66, was detained a day after he joined more than 50 other critics in signing a protest letter demanding that a controversial dissident cleric's rights be respected.
Yazdi had recently made public remarks that were seen by some authorities to have been insulting to the leadership.
Yazdi said hardliners in the Shi'ite Muslim clergy did not accept popular sovereignty and argued that the constitutional principle of rule by a supreme Islamic legal scholar should not be subject to democratic control.
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