Nasser Minachi

Nasser Minachi (1931 – 25 January 2014) was an Iranian activist and founder of Hosseiniyeh Ershad, a modernist Islamic institution. He served as a minister in the Interim Government of Iran after the 1979 revolution.

Nasser Minachi
Minister of National Guidance
In office
22 February 1979 – 10 September 1980
Prime MinisterMahdi Bazargan
Preceded bySirous Amouzgar (acting)
Succeeded byAbbas Duzduzani
Personal details
Born1931
Tehran, Iran
Died25 January 2014(2014-01-25) (aged 83)
Tehran, Iran
NationalityIranian

Career and activities

Minachi was one of the bazaar leaders during the reign of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and cofounded the Hosseiniyeh Ershad, a nontraditional Islamic organization in Tehran.[1][2] He served as the caretaker of the institution until his death.[3] He was also an opposition leader at that time.[4]

He was appointed tourism minister to the interim government led by Mahdi Bazargan in February 1979.[5] He was also a member of the revolutionary council until November 1979.[6] Then he was made the minister of information and publicity in the same cabinet.[7]

The occupiers of the US embassy in Tehran called for Minachi's arrest while he was serving as information minister.[4][8] They accused Minachi of being a CIA agent.[6] Minachi was eventually arrested in his home by the militants in early February 1980.[9] He was freed soon with the intervention of Bazargan.[6]

Later Minachi became the minister of culture and national guidance under the presidency of Abolhassan Banisadr.[4]

Death

Minachi died of heart failure on 25 January 2014 in Tehran.[3] His memorial service was held in the Hosseiniyeh Ershad mosque.[3]

References
  1. Gholam Reza Afkhami (13 December 2008). The Life and Times of the Shah. University of California Press. p. 445. ISBN 978-0-520-94216-5.
  2. Siavush Randjbar-Daemi (2013). "Building the Islamic State: The Draft Constitution of 1979 Reconsidered". Iranian Studies. 46 (4): 641, 663. doi:10.1080/00210862.2013.784519.
  3. "Nasser Minachi passed away". The Iran Project. Tehran. IRNA. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  4. Barry Rubin (1981). Paved with Good Intentions (PDF). New York: Penguin Books. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2013.
  5. Mir M. Hosseini. "5 February 1979 A.D.: Bazargan Becomes Prime Minister". Fouman. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  6. Eric Rouleau (1980). "Khomenei's Iran". Foreign Affairs. 59 (1): 1–20. doi:10.2307/20040651. JSTOR 20040651.
  7. Hossein Shahidi (2007). Journalism in Iran (PDF). London and New York: Routledge. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2014.
  8. "New stirrings in Iran about US hostages, Shah's status". The Christian Science Monitor. 7 February 1980. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  9. "Militants arrest Iranian minister". Bangor Daily News. 7 February 1980. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
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