Mansour Rouhani | |
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Minister of Water and Power | |
In office 7 March 1964 – ? | |
Prime Minister | |
Minister of Agriculture | |
In office ? – 27 August 1978 | |
Prime Minister | Amir Abbas Hoveyda |
Personal details | |
Born | 1922 |
Died | 11 April 1979 | (aged 56–57)
Spouse | Parvin Rouhani |
Mansour Rouhani (1922–11 April 1979) was an Iranian politician who held several government posts during the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. [1] He was one of the politicians who were murdered after the Islamic revolution in 1979.
Rouhani's father was a Bahá'í whereas his mother was a Muslim. [2] [3]
On 7 March 1964 Rouhani was named as the minister of water and power in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Hasan Ali Mansour. [4] Rouhani served in the same post in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Amir-Abbas Hoveyda from 26 January 1965. [5] He also served as the minister of agriculture in the next cabinet of Amir Abbas Hoveyda. [6] [7] He was reappointed to the post on 13 September 1971. [6]
Rouhani and many other leading figures close to the Shah were removed from the office in Fall 1978 shortly after the riots and protests occurred in rural parts of Iran. [8] On 13 September 1978 Rouhani was arrested. [9]
He was in prison when a regime change took place in Iran in February 1979. He was tried by the newly established Islamic Revolutionary Court led by religious judge Sadegh Khalkhali. [10] Rouhani was charged with treason and corruption on earth and sentenced to death. [10] Rasoul Sadr Ameli, an Iranian journalist worked for Ettela'at, reported that when Rouhani learned these claims, he asked the judge how he engaged in war with God. [11] Khalkhali answered him: "You are a Baha'i." [11] Rouhani was also accused of having destroyed agriculture during his terms as minister of agriculture and minister of water and power. [12]
Rouhani was 57 years old when he was killed by the revolutionaries on 11 April 1979. [10] The same day ten other senior figures, including former foreign minister Abbas Ali Khalatbari, were also executed. [13] [14]
His wife was Parvin Rouhani who left Iran before or after the Islamic revolution in 1979 and settled in the United States. [15] The family properties were confiscated by the Islamic government during that period. [16]
Rouhani's son married an American woman, and they both left Iran in 1978. [16]