Fereydoun Keshavarz

Fereydoun Keshavarz
Fereydoun Keshavarz
Minister of Culture
	In office; 1 August 1946 – 16 October 1946
Prime Minister	Ahmad Qavam
Preceded by	Mohammad-Taqi Bahar
Succeeded by	Ali Shayegan
Member of Parliament of Iran
	In office; 7 March 1944 – 12 March 1946
Constituency	Anzali Port
Personal details
Born	31 August 1907; Anzali Port, Iran
Died	6 October 2006 (aged 99); Switzerland
Nationality	Iranian
Political party	Tudeh Party (1941–1958)
Spouse(s)	Khadijeh Keshavarz[1]
Alma mater	University of Toulouse

Fereydoun Keshavarz (Persian: فریدون کشاورز‎; 1907–2006) was an Iranian physician and communist politician.

Early life and education

The son of a merchant from Gilan who had taken part in the Constitutional Revolution, Keshavarz studied in Dar ul-Funun before going to study medicine in France. He taught at University of Tehran after he returned to Iran.[2]

Career

Keshavarz entered politics in 1941, and joined Tudeh Party of Iran three months after its creation.[2] A leading member of the party, he was elected to its first central committee and served as the party's parliamentary spokesperson.[3] In the summer of 1946 he was named a minister in Qavam's coalition cabinet.[4] He broke away from the party in 1958,[5] because he came to believe that "Tudeh's policy is a betrayal of the working class".[6]

References

Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 335. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 287–288. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 406. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 303. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 249. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
Keshavarz, Fereydoun (July–August 1981). "Tudeh's Policy is a Betrayal of the Working Class". MERIP Reports (Interview). Iran Two Years After (98). Interviewed by Fred Halliday. Middle East Research and Information Project: 26–27, 31. JSTOR i350683.

Party political offices
New title	Spokesperson of the Tudeh fraction 1944–1946	Vacant

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[1] Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 335. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.

[PUP287-2] Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 287–288. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.

[3] Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 406. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.

[4] Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 303. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.

[5] Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 249. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.

[6] Keshavarz, Fereydoun (July–August 1981). "Tudeh's Policy is a Betrayal of the Working Class". MERIP Reports (Interview). Iran Two Years After (98). Interviewed by Fred Halliday. Middle East Research and Information Project: 26–27, 31. JSTOR i350683.