Dariush Forouhar
| Dariush Forouhar | |
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| Minister of Labour | |
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In office 13 February 1979 – 29 September 1979 |
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| Prime Minister | Mehdi Bazargan |
| Preceded by | Manouchehr Azmun |
| Succeeded by | Ali Espahbodi |
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Minister without Portfolio for Provincial Inspection |
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In office 29 September 1979 – 6 November 1979 |
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| Prime Minister | Mehdi Bazargan |
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| Born | 1928 Isfahan, Iran |
| Died | 22 November 1998 (aged 69–70) Tehran, Iran |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Political party |
Nation Party of Iran (1951–1998) Pan-Iranist Party (1947–1951) |
| Other political affiliations |
National Front (1951–1979) |
| Spouse(s) | Parvaneh Eskandari |
| Children | Arash & Parastou |
| Cabinet | Bazargan Cabinet |
Dariush Forouhar (Persian: داریوش فروهر; 1928 – 22 November 1998) was an Iranian pan-Iranist politician and leader of Nation Party of Iran.
Forouhar was born in Isfahan. 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.
According to Ali Razmjoo in Hezb-e-Pan-Iranist (also see links here), 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 Mossadegh. 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 Kurdish revolt was dealt with harshly, Forouhar's attempts to reach a peaceful settlement with Kurds earned him respect among Kurds.
Forouhar served as minister of labor in the interim government of Mehdi Bazargan in 1979.
Forouhar and his wife, Parvaneh Eskandari Forouhar, were overt opponents of Velayet-e-faqih (Shia theocracy) and under continuous surveillance. They were assassinated in their home in 1998. The murders, which are believed to have been politically motivated, remain unsolved, although the general belief is that the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence was involved and had ordered the killings. It is thought that the murders were provoked by Forouhar's criticism of human rights abuses by the Islamic Republic in interviews with Western radio stations that beamed Persian-language programs to Iran. This "brought them to the attention of Iran's ubiquitous intelligence service."
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