Abbas Eskandari

1940s politician in Iran

Abbas Eskandari

Member of Parliament of Iran
In office
12 June 1947 – 28 July 1949
Constituency| Hamedan
Governor of Tehran
In office
17 June 1946 – 18 October 1946
Appointed by| Ahmad Qavam
Personal details
Born| 1897 (1897)
Died| 1955 (aged 57-58)
Nationality| Iranian
Political party| Tudeh Party
Relatives| Iraj Eskandari (cousin)[1]

Abbas Eskandari (Persian: عباس اسکندری, romanized: ʿAbbās Eskandarī; 1897–1955) was an Iranian Communist politician and a co-founder of Tudeh Party of Iran.

## Career

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Eskandari was a co-founder of the Tudeh Party of Iran, as well as the editor of Siyasat (lit. 'Politics') daily, the official organ of the party.[1] However, he was deemed by the establishment figures of the party, Ovanessian and Kambakhsh, too "corrupted" by wealth, and was soon eased out.[1]

On 17 June 1946, he was appointed as the governor of Tehran by Ahmad Qavam.[2] He was one of three communist governors who took office at the time, the other two were of Kermanshah and Isfahan.[3] On 18 October, one day before Qavam dismissed cabinet ministers from Tudeh, he was replaced by Mousavizadeh.[3]

He later served as a deputy in the 15th Majlis,[4] representing Hamedan.[5] Fakhreddin Azimi describes him as "the vociferous supporter of Qavam who had found it politically opportune to champion Iran's sovereign rights over its sources of oil as well as over Bahrain's".[4] In September 1948, he offered a £80,000 reward for anyone who succeeds in restoring Bahrain to Iranian soil and solving the problem with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.[5]

## References

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1. ^ a b c Abrahamian, Ervand (1999). Tortured Confessions: Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran. University of California Press. pp. 76–78\. ISBN 0520922905.76-78&rft.pub=University+of+California+Press&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=0520922905&rft.aulast=Abrahamian&rft.aufirst=Ervand&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Abbas+Eskandari" class="Z3988">
2. ^ Afkhami, Gholam Reza (2008). The Life and Times of the Shah. University of California Press. p. 99\. ISBN 978-0-520-25328-5.
3. ^ a b "Chronological Summary of Events, Oct. 7-20, 1946", Chronology of International Events and Documents, 2 (20), Royal Institute of International Affairs: 624, October 1946, JSTOR 40544955
4. ^ a b Gasiorowski, Mark J.; Byrne, Malcolm, eds. (2004). Mohammad Mosaddeq and the 1953 Coup in Iran. Syracuse University Press. p. 48\. ISBN 0815630182.
5. ^ a b "Chronological Summery of Events, Sep. 3-16, 1948", Chronology of International Events and Documents, 4 (18), Royal Institute of International Affairs: 617, September 1948, JSTOR 40545162

*[lit.]: literal translation