Abbas Sami'i (Persian: عباس سمیعی) was an Iranian politician who held office as the third head of the Environmental Protection Organization.

Abbas Sami'i
Deputy Prime Minister
Head of Environment Organization
In office
February 1979 – 23 August 1979
Prime MinisterMehdi Bazargan
Preceded byManouchehr Feyli
Succeeded byTaghi Ebtekar
Personal details
BornTehran, Iran[1]
Political partyFreedom Movement of Iran (1961–1979)[1]
CabinetBazargan Cabinet

Sami'i came from a bazaari family.[1] A co-founder of Freedom Movement of Iran,[2] he was considered among the main figures of the party's more secular faction and had socialist tendencies, like Rahim Ata'i.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Houchang E. Chehabi (1990). Iranian Politics and Religious Modernism: The Liberation Movement of Iran Under the Shah and Khomeini. I.B.Tauris. p. 87. ISBN 1850431981.
  2. ^ Houchang E. Chehabi (1990). Iranian Politics and Religious Modernism: The Liberation Movement of Iran Under the Shah and Khomeini. I.B.Tauris. p. 156. ISBN 1850431981.
  3. ^ Sussan Siavoshi (1990). Liberal Nationalism in Iran: the Failure of a Movement. Westview Press. p. 103. ISBN 9780813374130.