Nasser Zolfaghari
Mayor of Tehran
In office
1959–1960
Member of Parliament
In office
27 April 1952 – 16 August 1953
ConstituencyZanjan
In office
9 February 1950 – 19 February 1952
ConstituencyZanjan
In office
12 June 1947 – 28 July 1949
ConstituencyZanjan
Personal details
NationalityIranian
Political partyDemocrat Party (1946–1948)

Nasser Zolfaghari (Persian: ناصر ذوالفقاری) was an Iranian politician.

Background

Zolfaghari hailed from a landed family and aristocratic family from Zanjan who was considered a local magnate.[1] Zolfaghari, whose estates had been expropriated by the government in Tabriz, had his men armed by the government of Ahmad Qavam and actively opposed their secessionist aspirations.[2] According to Ervand Abrahamian, his family was able to meddle in the elections in that area played a determining role in the outcome.[3]

Career

Zolfaghari entered the 15th term of Iranian parliament from his hometown. He became a member of the Democrat Party of Qavam[4] and joined the party's conservative faction.[5] He helped the faction, which was allied with the royalist and anglophile deputies to reject the credentials of Hassan Arsanjani, and spoke in his opposition. He opined "How on earth did he obtain enough votes to win a parliamentary seat? Before the election, he was neither a deputy, nor a minister, nor a governor, nor even a district administrator. He was a mere journalist. And what is worse, a journalist with dubious political connections".[6]

During the 16th term, he was considered an Independent.[7] Zolfaghari was also a deputy in the 17th term.[8] Along with his brother Mohammad, he supported government of Mosaddegh and introduced Mossadegh's qualified land reform bill in the parliament.[9] After the coup d'état in 1953, Fazlollah Zahedi tried to unseated him for the next term.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Abrahamian, Ervand (1982), Iran Between Two Revolutions, Princeton University Press, p. 238, 420, ISBN 0-691-10134-5
  2. ↑ Abrahamian, Ervand (1982), Iran Between Two Revolutions, Princeton University Press, p. 411, ISBN 0-691-10134-5
  3. ↑ Abrahamian, Ervand (1982), Iran Between Two Revolutions, Princeton University Press, p. 242, ISBN 0-691-10134-5
  4. ↑ Abrahamian, Ervand (1982), Iran Between Two Revolutions, Princeton University Press, p. 238, ISBN 0-691-10134-5
  5. ↑ Abrahamian, Ervand (1982), Iran Between Two Revolutions, Princeton University Press, p. 243, ISBN 0-691-10134-5
  6. ↑ Abrahamian, Ervand (1982), Iran Between Two Revolutions, Princeton University Press, p. 243–244, ISBN 0-691-10134-5
  7. ↑ Abrahamian, Ervand (1982), Iran Between Two Revolutions, Princeton University Press, p. 261, ISBN 0-691-10134-5
  8. ↑ Abrahamian, Ervand (1982), Iran Between Two Revolutions, Princeton University Press, p. 269, ISBN 0-691-10134-5
  9. ↑ Westwood, Andrew F. (Spring 1961), "Elections and Politics in Iran", Middle East Journal, 15 (2): 153–164, JSTOR 4323346
  10. ↑ Westwood, Andrew F. (March 1965), "Politics of Distrust in Iran", The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 358: 123–135, JSTOR 1036363
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