Ataollah Khosravani (1919 – September 2005) was an Iranian politician. He served as the secretary-general of Iran Novin Party and held several cabinet posts in the 1960s.
Ataollah Khosravani | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Interior | |
| In office 1968–1971 | |
| Prime Minister | Amir Abbas Hoveida |
| Preceded by | Abdolreza Ansari |
| Minister of Labor | |
| In office 9 May 1961 – 1968 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Ali Bahrami |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1919 Tehran, Qajar Iran |
| Died | September 2005 (aged 85–86) Paris, France |
| Children | 1 |
Early life and education edit
Khosravani was born in Tehran in 1919.[1] He had six half-brothers from his father's first marriage.[1] He graduated from the Adab primary school and the Tharvat junior high school.[2] Then he attended the Alborz College in Tehran.[2] He received a bachelor's degree in social sciences in France.[2]
Career edit
Following his return to Iran Khosravani established a magazine entitled Afkar Iran with his brother.[2] Then he was appointed an attaché to the Embassy of Iran in Paris.[2] He served as the minister of labor in three successive cabinets starting from 9 May 1961.[3] He first served in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Ali Amini and succeeded Ahmad Ali Bahrami in the post.[3] He also served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Asadollah Alam between February 1963 and March 1964.[4][5] He retained his post in the next cabinet led by Hassan Ali Mansur from 7 March 1964[6] and also, in the cabinet of Amir Abbas Hoveida from January 1965.[7]
Khosravani was appointed secretary-general of Iran Novin Party 1965 when Prime Minister Hassan Ali Mansur who had been serving as secretary general of the party was assassinated.[8] His tenure as minister of labor ended in 1968, and the same year he was named as the interior minister to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Amir Abbas Hoveyda.[1][8] Khosravani's term as the secretary general of the Iran Novin Party ended in 1969.[9] Manouchehr Kalali succeeded him in the post.[9] Khosravani was removed from office as minister of interior in 1971.[1]
A report by CIA dated February 1976 stated that in mid-1974 Khosravani was secretly assigned by the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to analyse the status of the Iran Novin Party to reorganize it.[10] At the end of his investigation Khosravani co-authored a report which partly led to the closure of the Party in 1975.[10]
Personal life edit
While living in Paris during his studies, Khosravani married a French woman and had a son.[2] Following the end of the Pahlavi rule in Iran in 1979, he settled in Paris where he died in September 2005.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Habib Lajevardi (27 May 2021). "عطاءالله خسروانی، متن کامل مصاحبه" (in Persian). Iran History. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
Interview with Khosravani in Paris on 5 March 1983
- ^ a b c d e f g "نگاهی به زندگی عطاءالله خسروانی به روایت اسناد ساواک" (in Persian). History Documents. Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
Citing SAVAK documents
- ^ a b Michael J. Willcocks (2015). Agent or Client: Who Instigated the White Revolution of the Shah and the People in Iran, 1963 (PhD thesis). University of Manchester. pp. 68–69.
- ^ "Chronology September 16, 1962-March 15, 1963". The Middle East Journal. 17 (1–2): 113. Winter–Spring 1963. JSTOR 4323557.
- ^ "Hoveyda, Amir-Abbas". Encyclopædia Iranica.
- ^ "Chronology December 16, 1963 - March 15, 1964". The Middle East Journal. 18 (2): 218. 1964. JSTOR 4323704.
- ^ S. H. Steinberg, ed. (2016). The Statesman's Year-Book 1966-67. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 1136. ISBN 978-0-230-27095-4.
- ^ a b Marvin G. Weinbaum (Autumn 1973). "Iran Finds a Party System: The Institutionalization of "Iran Novin"". The Middle East Journal. 27 (4): 446. JSTOR 4325140.
- ^ a b Rouhollah K. Ramazani (April 1974). "Iran's 'White Revolution': A Study in Political Development". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 5 (2): 136. doi:10.1017/S0020743800027781. S2CID 154527381.
- ^ a b "Elites and the Distribution of Power in Iran" (Intelligence Report). Archive org. February 1976. Retrieved 21 April 2022.