Hossein Fatemi Politician

Hossein Fatemi (10 February 1917 - 10 November 1954) was a scholar, journalist, and famous politician of Iran. A close associate of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, he proposed nationalization of Iranian oil and gas assets. Initially a journalist, he served as Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953. After the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup d'état toppled the democratically elected government of Mosaddegh, Fatemi was arrested, tortured, and convicted by a military court of "treason against the Shah", and executed by a firing squad.

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Hossein Fatemi
Birth dateFebruary 10, 1917
Birth place
Iran , Nain Iran
Religion
Shia Islam
Date of deathNovember 10, 1954
Place of death
Iran , Tehran
Education
University of Tehran

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monarch
party
National Front (Iran)
prime minister

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