Shamseddin Amir-Alaei

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Shamseddin Amir-Alaei
Born1900
Tehran
DiedAugust 1994 (aged 93–94)
Tehran
Resting placeBehesht e Zahra cemetery
NationalityIranian
Parent(s)Ali Akbar Khan Najd al Saltanah (Father)

Shamseddin Amir-Alaei (1900–August 1994) was an Iranian politician who served as both interior minister and justice minister in the first cabinet of Mohammad Mosaddegh. He also held other government and diplomatic posts.

Early life and education[]

Amir-Alaei was born in Tehran in 1900.[1] His father was Ali Akbar Khan Najd al Saltanah.[1] He received a bachelor's degree in finance and administration from a European university.[1] In 1964 he obtained his PhD in political science in Paris.[1]

Career[]

Following his return to Iran Amir-Alaei worked at the Ministry of Post and then, at the Ministry of Justice.[1] In the latter institution he served as a judge.[2] In 1946 he was first named as the minister of agriculture after serving as acting minister in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Ahmad Qavam.[1][3] At the beginning of 1950s he was appointed governor of Gilan during the premiership of Ali Razmara.[1] Razmara's successor Hossein Ala' named Amir-Alaei as minister of justice.[1]

Amir-Alaei joined the National Front established by Mohammad Mosaddegh and was one of the individuals who signed the Charter of the Front in February 1949.[2][4] Amir-Alaei held several government positions during Mossadegh's premiership.[1][3] Amir-Alaei was the minister of interior in his first cabinet[1] and the minister of justice in his second cabinet.[5] Then he was appointed by Mosaddegh as the ambassador of Iran to Belgium.[6] In May 1955 Amir-Alaei and four other political figures, including Bagher Kazemi, who were all close to Mosaddegh were arrested on the orders of the military governor of Tehran, Teymur Bakhtiar.[6]

Following the regime change in Iran in 1979 Amir-Alaei was appointed ambassador of Iran to France, but he resigned from the post in 1980 due to his conflict with the foreign minister, Sadegh Ghotbzadeh.[1] Later Amir-Alaei became an opposition leader.[7]

Death and funeral[]

Amir-Alaei died in a car accident outside his home in August 1994 which is considered by the Iranian opposition as mysterious.[7][8][9] His funeral ceremony was held on 11 August 1994.[8] He was buried in Behesht e Zahra cemetery.[8]

During the funeral of Amir-Alaei another leading opposition figure, Dariush Forouhar, was abducted by the Iranian intelligence personnel.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "شمس الدین امیرعلایی" (in Persian). Institute for Iranian Contemporary Studies. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b Pınar Arıkan Sinkaya (2015). Discursive continuity of political nationalism as a form of opposition politics in modern Iran (PhD thesis). Middle East Technical University. p. 136. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b Manshour Varasteh (April 2003). Ascent and Descent of Marxist forces in Contemporary Iran Case Study: People's Fedaii & Tudeh Party (PhD thesis). University of Wales (Aberythwyth). p. 66. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021.
  4. ^ Mehrdad Khonsari (June 1995). The National Movement of the Iranian Resistance 1979-1991: The role of a banned opposition movement in (PhD thesis). The London School of Economics and Political Science. p. 77. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021.
  5. ^ Ervand Abrahamian (2013). The Coup: 1953, the CIA, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations. New York: The New Press. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-59558-826-5.
  6. ^ a b "5 Iran Ex-Officials face jail in "white man's hell"". The Mossadegh Project. Tehran. Associated Press. 21 May 1955. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security. A Profile" (PDF). Washington DC: The Library of Congress. December 2012. p. 50. Archived from the original (Report) on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  8. ^ a b c d Safa Haeri (12 August 1994). "Iran agents abduct liberal at funeral". Independent. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  9. ^ Muhammad Sahimi (5 January 2011). "The Chain Murders: Killing Dissidents and Intellectuals, 1988-1998". PBS Frontline. Los Angeles. Archived from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
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