Taher Ahmadzadeh

Taher Ahmadzadeh
From left Taher Ahmadzade, Kazem Akhavan Mar'ashi, Ali Khamenei in 1979 Iranian Revolution
Governor of Khorasan Province
In office
February 1979 – September 1980[citation needed]
Prime MinisterMehdi Bazargan
Preceded bySadegh Amir-Azizi
Succeeded byHassan Ghafourifard
Personal details
Born22 May 1921[1]
Mashhad, Iran[1]
Died30 November 2017(2017-11-30) (aged 96)
Mashhad, Iran
Political partyCouncil of Nationalist-Religious Activists of Iran (2000–2017)[2]
Freedom Movement of Iran (1961–1980s)
National Front (1950s–1961)
NicknameAgha Taher (among friends)[3]
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh and Taher Ahmadzadeh after meeting with Abdullah Musawi Shirazi, Mashhad - 1979

Taher Ahmadzadeh Heravi (Persian: طاهر احمدزاده هروی; 22 May 1921[4] – 30 November 2017) was an Iranian nationalist-religious political activist who held office as the first governor of Khorasan Province after the Iranian Revolution.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Mehrzad Boroujerdi (1996). Iranian Intellectuals and the West: The Tormented Triumph of Nativism. Syracuse University Press. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-8156-0433-4.
  2. ^ Muhammad Sahimi (13 July 2009), "Hunger Strike at UN", Tehran Bureau, PBS, retrieved 1 December 2017
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference U18 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ https://www.nedayeazadi.net/1401/03/39700