Abdollah Moazzami

Abdullah Moazzami
Abdullah Moazzami
15th Speaker of the Parliament of Iran
	In office; 1 July 1953 – 16 August 1953
Preceded by	Abolghasem Kashani
Succeeded by	Reza Hekmat
Member of the Parliament
	In office; 27 April 1952 – 16 August 1953
Constituency	Khvansar and Golpayegan
	In office; 9 February 1950 – 19 February 1952
Constituency	Khvansar and Golpayegan
	In office; 12 June 1947 – 28 July 1949
Constituency	Khvansar and Golpayegan
	In office; 7 March 1944 – 12 March 1946
Constituency	Khvansar and Golpayegan
Personal details
Born	1907 or 1909; Golpayegan, Iran
Died	1971; Tehran, Iran
Resting place	Ibn Babawayh Cemetery
Political party	Iran Party; National Front;
Alma mater	University of Paris
Occupation	Law professor

Abdullah Moazami (Persian: عبدالله معظمی) was an Iranian lawyer and politician. He taught at University of Tehran and was a member of Parliament of Iran for four consecutive terms from 1944 to 1953.^[2] Moazami came from an upper-class^[1] and titled landlord family^[2] and has been described as a "man of moderate demeanor and connected with several factions by both family and politics".^[3]

In 1952, he lost to the royalist cleric Hassan Emami for the Speaker of the Parliament of Iran.^[3] On 1 July 1953, he was elected as the speaker by a vote of 41 to 31, with one abstention.^[4]

After the 1953 Iranian coup d'état, he was briefly imprisoned.^[2]

His brother, Seyfollah Moazami, served as minister of post & telegraph under Government of Mohammad Mosaddegh.^[2]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 190–191. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Abrahamian, Ervand (2013). "Moazemi, Abdullah (1909–1971)". The Coup: 1953, the CIA, and the roots of modern U.S.-Iranian relations. New York: New Press, The. p. xix. ISBN 978-1-59558-826-5.
^ ^a ^b Afkhami, Gholam Reza (2009). The Life and Times of the Shah. University of California Press. pp. 134, 155). ISBN 9780520942165.
^ "Mossadagh Backer Is Named Speaker", Madera Tribune, no. 81, 1 July 1953 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection

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[EA190-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 190–191. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.

[EAxix-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Abrahamian, Ervand (2013). "Moazemi, Abdullah (1909–1971)". The Coup: 1953, the CIA, and the roots of modern U.S.-Iranian relations. New York: New Press, The. p. xix. ISBN 978-1-59558-826-5.

[uocp-3] Afkhami, Gholam Reza (2009). The Life and Times of the Shah. University of California Press. pp. 134, 155). ISBN 9780520942165.

[4] "Mossadagh Backer Is Named Speaker", Madera Tribune, no. 81, 1 July 1953 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection

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v t e Speakers of the Parliament of Iran
Qajar monarchy (1906–1925)	Hedayat Alamir Momtaz Sadegh Foroughi Momtaz Pirnia
Pahlavi monarchy (1925–1979)	Mowstofi Tadayon Pirnia Dadgar Esfandiari Tabatabai' Hekmat Emami Kashani Moazzami Hekmat Riazi Saeed
Islamic Republic (1980–present)	Rafsanjani Karroubi Nategh-Nouri Karroubi Haddad-Adel Larijani Ghalibaf