Regency Council (Iran)

The Regency Council (Persian: شورای سلطنت‎, romanized: Šūrā-ye Salṭanat) of Imperial State of Iran, was a nine-member body formed on 13 January 1979 by Mohammad Reza Shah to carry out his duties[1] after he left Iran amidst the Iranian Revolution and served as the symbol of his continued claim on power.[2]

For other uses, see Regency Council.

The council was practically dissolved within days, when its head resigned on 22 January 1979 to meet Ayatollah Khomeini.[2]

Background

1953 Regency Council

On 28 February 1953, it was reported that in a meeting with Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, the Shah had agreed that during his absence in Iran a regency council consisting of Mosaddegh, Gholamreza Pahlavi (Shah's brother) and Hossein Ala (Minister of Royal Court) should be appointed to act as the regency council.[3]

1979 Regency Council members
#Name[4]Latest Office[4]Position in the Council
1Jalaleddin TehraniFormer Senator
Head
2Mohammad Ali VarastehFormer Minister of Finance
Deputy
3Shapour BakhtiarPrime Minister
Member
4Mohammad SajjadiPresident of the Senate
5Javad SaeidSpeaker of the Parliament
6Gen. Abbas GharabaghiChief-of-Staff of Imperial Iranian Army
7Aligholi ArdalanMinister of Royal Court
8Abdullah EntezamFormer Chairman of National Iranian Oil Company
9Abdolhossein Ali AbadiFormer Prosecutor-General

See also

References
  1. R.W. Apple Jr (14 January 1979). "A Regency Council is Named to Assume Duties of the Shah". The New York Times. p. 1. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  2. Ronald Koven (23 January 1979). "Head of Iranian Regency Council Resigns in Paris". Washington Post. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  3. "Chronological Summery of Events, 19 February–4 March 1953", Chronology of International Events and Documents, Royal Institute of International Affairs, 9 (5): 148, 1953, JSTOR 40545381
  4. Sepehr Zabir (2012). The Iranian Military in Revolution and War (RLE Iran D). CRC Press. pp. 52–53. ISBN 978-1-136-81270-5.
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