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Ebrahim Yazdi

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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran
In office
12 April 1979 – 12 November 1979
Prime MinisterMehdi Bazargan
Preceded byKarim Sanjabi
Succeeded byAbolhassan Banisadr (acting)
Deputy Prime Minister of Iran for Revolutionary Affairs
In office
13 February 1979 – 12 April 1979
Prime MinisterMehdi Bazargan
Succeeded byMostafa Chamran
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
28 May 1980 – 28 May 1984
ConstituencyTehran, Rey and Shemiranat
Majority1,128,304 (52.9%)
Personal details
Born(1931-09-26)26 September 1931
Qazvin, Imperial State of Persia
Died27 August 2017(2017-08-27) (aged 85)
İzmir, Turkey
Citizenship
  • Iran
  • United States (1971–1979)
NationalityIranian
Political party
  • Freedom Movement of Iran (1961–2017)
  • National Front (1953–61)
  • Movement of God-Worshipping Socialists (1947–53)
RelativesMohammad Tavasoli (brother-in-law)
Mehdi Noorbakhsh (son-in-law)
Alma materUniversity of

Ebrahim Yazdi

Iranian politician and activist (1931–2017)

Ebrahim Yazdi (Persian: ابراهیم یزدی; 26 September 1931 – 27 August 2017) was an Iranian politician, pharmacist, and diplomat who served as deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs in the interim government of Mehdi Bazargan, until his resignation in November 1979, in protest at the Iran hostage crisis. From 1995 until 2017, he headed the Freedom Movement of Iran. Yazdi was also a trained cancer researcher.[1]

Early life and education

Yazdi was born in Qazvin on 26 September 1931.[2][3] He studied pharmacy at the University of Tehran.[4] Then he received a master's degree in philosophy again from the University of Tehran.[5]

After the military coup of 1953, which deposed the government of Mohammad Mossadegh, Yazdi joined the underground National Resistance Movement of Iran, and was active in this organization from 1953 to 1960. This organization opposed to the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Yazdi traveled to the United States in 1961[6]

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S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 02 IRAN RPO DUBAI 000007 SIPDIS NOFORN SIPDIS LONDON FOR GAYLE, BERLIN FOR PAETZOLD BAKU FOR HAUGEN, ISTANBUL FOR ODLUM PARIS FOR WALLER E.O. 12958: DECL: 2/28/2018 TAGS: IR, PGOV SUBJECT: EBRAHIM YAZDI ON US POLICY AND IRAN'S FUTURE REF: 2006 DUBAI 5816 RPO DUBAI 00000007 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Jillian Burns, Director, Iran Regional Presence Office, DoS. REASON: 1.4 (d) 1. (S//NF) Summary: Former foreign minister and leader of Freedom Party of Iran Dr. Ebrahim Yazdi (please protect) discussed his views of US policies on Iran with IRPoff Feb 20 when he came to Dubai to collect his US visa. Yazdi expressed his view that US policy on Iran is flawed and unclear, arguing, that economic sanctions against Iran harm the people, but will do nothing to change the Iranian government's behavior. Rather than imposing economic sanctions on Iran, the US should encourage trade and economic development in Iran, Yazdi said. Although he thought the Iranian government should accept the P5+1 offer and cease uranium enri

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