Ebrahim Yazdi

Ebrahim Yazdi
Yazdi in 1979
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran
In office
12 April 1979 – 12 November 1979
Prime MinisterMehdi Bazargan
Preceded byKarim Sanjabi
Succeeded byAbolhassan Banisadr (acting)
Deputy Prime Minister of Iran for Revolutionary Affairs
In office
13 February 1979 – 12 April 1979
Prime MinisterMehdi Bazargan
Succeeded byMostafa Chamran
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
28 May 1980 – 28 May 1984
ConstituencyTehran, Rey and Shemiranat
Majority1,128,304 (52.9%)
Personal details
Born(1931-09-26)26 September 1931
Qazvin, Imperial State of Persia
Died27 August 2017(2017-08-27) (aged 85)
İzmir, Turkey
Citizenship
  • Iran
  • United States (1971–1979)
NationalityIranian
Political party
RelativesMohammad Tavasoli (brother-in-law)
Mehdi Noorbakhsh (son-in-law)
Alma materUniversity of Tehran
Baylor College of Medicine

Ebrahim Yazdi (Persian: ابراهیم یزدی; 26 September 1931 – 27 August 2017) was an Iranian politician, pharmacist, and diplomat who served as deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs in the interim government of Mehdi Bazargan, until his resignation in November 1979, in protest at the Iran hostage crisis. From 1995 until 2017, he headed the Freedom Movement of Iran. Yazdi was also a trained cancer researcher.[1]

  1. ^ Elasfar, Dara (30 August 2017), "Ebrahim Yazdi, Iranian foreign minister turned dissident, dies at 85", The Washington Post, retrieved 25 March 2020, ...Dr. Yazdi, whose American citizenship was revoked...