Hassan Modarres
| Hassan Modarres | |
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| Member of the Parliament | |
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In office 11 July 1926 – 13 August 1928 |
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| Monarch | Reza Shah |
| Constituency | Tehran |
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In office 11 February 1924 – 11 February 1926 |
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| Monarch |
Reza Shah Ahmad Shah Qajar |
| Constituency | Tehran |
| Majority | Ranked 1st |
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In office 22 June 1921 – 11 June 1923 |
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| Monarch | Ahmad Shah Qajar |
| Constituency | Tehran |
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In office 6 December 1914 – 13 November 1915 |
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| Monarch | Ahmad Shah Qajar |
| Constituency | Tehran |
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Seyyed Hassan Tabatabaei Ardestani c. 1870 Sarabeh, Ardestan, Persia |
| Died | December 1, 1937 (aged 67) Kashmar, Khurasan, Persia |
| Nationality | Iranian |
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| Alma mater | Najaf Seminary |
| Occupation | Teacher |
Seyyed Hassan Modarres (Persian: سید حسن مدرس c. 1870, Sarabeh, December 1 1937, Kashmar), was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric and a notable supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. He was among the founding members, along with Abdolhossein Teymourtash, of the reformist party Hezb-e Eslaah-talab of the time, which was formed during the fourth national Majlis of Iran. He has been called "brave and incorruptible" and "perhaps the most fervent mullah supporter of true constitutional government."
The sources disagree on his birthplace. Some mention that he was born in Shahreza in around 1870, while others mention that he was born in a village named Sarābe-Kachou (سرابهکچو) near Ardestan in the early 1870s, and that he moved to Shahreza when he was six. The second story is depandable.Having studied Islamic sciences in Isfahan and Najaf, Modarres turned to become a religious teacher in an Esfahan's madrasa. The name Modarres, that means "teacher", is because of his job there. In 1910, he was chosen by Najaf's cleric community and sent to Tehran to supervise the laws passed by the Majlis of Iran, to make sure they are not against the rules of sharia. Later, in 1914, he was elected as a Majlis representative of Tehran.
In 1916, during the World War I, he migrated to Iraq, Syria, and Turkey together with a handful of other politicians, and served as the Minister of Justice in a cabinet formed in exile by Nezam os-Saltaneh. After returning to Iran, he was elected in the Majlis elections a few more times. Modarres fought against the presence of British forces in Persia, vigorously opposing the proposed 1919 agreement that would have transformed Iran into a British protectorate.
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