Mehdi Bazargan
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Mehdi Bazargan (Persian: مهدی بازرگان; 1 September, 1907 in Bazargan – 20 January, 1995) or Mahdi Bazargan was an Iranian scholar. He protested against the Shah regime in Iran. He was jailed many times for political reasons. Bazargan was Iran's first prime minister after the Iranian Revolution in 1979. He was against the United States Embassy hostage taking. He was also against the continuation of Iran-Iraq war. He resigned on November 4, 1981. Bazargan died of a heart attack on January 20, 1995 when he was travelling from Tehran to Zürich, Switzerland.
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Bazargan sworn in as prime minister behind Ruhollah Khomeini in the absence of Parliament
Bazargan with Yasser Arafat
