Shapour Bakhtiar | |
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شاپور بختیار | |
| 40th Prime Minister of Iran | |
| In office 6 January 1979 – 11 February 1979[a] | |
| Monarch | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
| Preceded by | Gholam Reza Azhari |
| Succeeded by | Mehdi Bazargan (Acting) |
| Minister of Interior | |
| In office 16 January 1979 – 11 February 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Abbas Gharabaghi |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad Sayyed Javadi |
| Deputy Minister of Labor | |
| In office 1 July 1952 – 9 April 1953 | |
| Monarch | Mohammad-Reza Pahlavi |
| Prime Minister | Mohammad Mossadegh |
| Member of Regency Council | |
| In office 13 January 1979 – 22 January 1979 | |
| Appointed by | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 June 1914 Shahrekord, Sublime State of Persia |
| Died | 6 August 1991 (aged 77) Suresnes, France |
| Manner of death | Assassination (stab wounds) |
| Resting place | Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris |
| Nationality | Iranian |
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| Other political affiliations | National Front (1949–1979) |
| Spouse(s) | Madeleine Shahintaj |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Faculty of Law of Paris |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  France |
| Branch/service | French Army |
| Years of service | 1940–1941 |
| Unit | 30th Artillerie Regiment |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
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Shapour Bakhtiar (Persian: شاپور بختیار, ; 26 June 1914 – 6 August 1991) was an Iranian politician who served as the last Prime Minister of Iran under the rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.[1] In the words of historian Abbas Milani: "more than once in the tone of a jeremiad he reminded the nation of the dangers of clerical despotism, and of how the fascism of the mullahs would be darker than any military junta".[2] In 1991, he and his secretary were murdered in his home in Suresnes, France, by agents of the Islamic Republic.
- ^ ""Interview with Bakhtiar, Shapour : Tape 01. The Iranian Oral History Project is a unique resource for the study of modern Iranian history"".
- ^ Milani, Abbas (2008). Eminent Persians: The Men and Women Who Made Modern Iran, 1941–1979. Syracuse University Press and Persian World Press. p. 109. ISBN 978-0815609070.