Dariush Forouhar
Iranian politician (1928-1998)
Dariush Forouhar (Persian: داریوش فروهر; 18 August 1928 – 22 November 1998) was an Iranian pan-Iranist politician, an early member of the Pan-Iranist Party, and leader of the Nation Party of Iran. In 1998, he and his wife, Parvaneh Forouhar, were stabbed to death in their home. They were among the victims of the chain murders of Iran.
Early life
Forouhar was born in 1928 in Esfahan, 'Eshafah'. His father was a general in the Army who was arrested in WW2 by the British during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran after attempting to form an armed resistance.
Career and political activities
According to Ali Razmjoo in Hezb-e-Pan-Iranist, Forouhar was one of the founding members of the original nationalist Pan-Iranist Party of Iran in 1951 with Mohsen Pezeshkpour. During the Pahlavi era, he had been very active in the anti-Shah nationalist movement and was a strong supporter and close friend of the Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. In the midst of post-revolutionary tensions in Iranian Kurdistan in 1979, Forouhar was part of a delegation sent by Tehran to negotiate with Kurdish political and religious leaders. Although this delegation's recommendations were never implemented by the central government and the Kurdish revolt was dealt with harshly, Forouhar's attempts to reach a peaceful settlement with the Kurds earned him respect among the Kurds.
Forouhar served as the Minister of Labor in the interim government of Mehdi Bazargan in 1979.
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