en 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

^ ^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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