Seyyed Ahmad Razavi (Persian: سید احمد رضوی; 1906–1971) was an Iranian engineer and politician.
Early life and education
Razavi was born in 1906 in Kerman.[1] Hailed from a landed upper-class family, his father headed Shaykhi community in Kerman.[1] He was graduated from the French Lycée in Tehran, before he went to study mineral engineering in France.[2]
Career
Razavi attended the founding meeting of Tudeh Party of Iran in 1941[3] and initially supported the party.[1] He was a co-founder of the Engineers’ Association, and its offshoot Iran Party.[4] In 1946, he joined Democrat Party of Ahmad Qavam, and sided with its radical faction.[1] The next year entered the 15th term of parliament representing his hometown Kerman, and became a well-known deputy after he boldly denounced the armed forces for "inefficiency, corruption, and political meddling".[4]
After the 1953 coup d'état he was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment, however he was released and permitted to go to exile. He died in 1971.[2]
^ abAbrahamian, Ervand (2013), The Coup: 1953, the CIA, and the roots of modern U.S.–Iranian relations, New York: New Press, The, p. xx–xxi, ISBN978-1-59558-826-5
^Abrahamian, Ervand (1999), Tortured Confessions: Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran, University of California Press, p. 77, ISBN0520922905
^ abAbrahamian, Ervand (2013), The Coup: 1953, the CIA, and the roots of modern U.S.–Iranian relations, New York: New Press, The, p. 48, ISBN978-1-59558-826-5
^Abrahamian, Ervand (2013), The Coup: 1953, the CIA, and the roots of modern U.S.–Iranian relations, New York: New Press, The, p. 133, ISBN978-1-59558-826-5
^Ansari, Ali M. (2012). The Politics of Nationalism in Modern Iran. Cambridge Middle East Studies. Vol. 40. Cambridge University Press. p. 139. ISBN9780521687171. ISSN1365-5698.
^"Chronological Summery of Events, 19 February–4 March 1953", Chronology of International Events and Documents, 9 (5), Royal Institute of International Affairs: 150, 1953, JSTOR40545381