Mostafa Mesbahzadeh
Mostafa Khan Mesbahzadeh (August 18, 1908 – December 25, 2006) was an Iranian journalist and member of the Senate of Iran. Together with Abdolrahman Faramarzi, he co-founded the newspaper Kayhan.[1]
Mostafa Mesbahzadeh مصطفی مصباحزاده | |
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| Born | 18 August 1908 Shiraz, Iran |
| Died | 25 November 2006 (aged 98) San Diego, California, United States |
| Education | Doctor of Law |
| Alma mater | Sorbonne University |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist and politician |
| Known for | Member of the Senate of Iran Co-founder of the Kayhan newspaper |
| Spouse | Forough-Azam Etehadiye |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Sadreddin Elahi |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | La politique de l'Iran dans la Société des nations (1936) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Tehran |
Background
Mostafa Mesbahzadeh was born on 18 November 1908 in Shiraz. He was one of the students sent to Europe by the Iranian government during the reign of Reza Shah Pahlavi. He returned to Iran after obtaining a doctorate in criminal law from Sorbonne University in 1936 and began teaching at the University of Tehran.[2][3]
In 1931, Mesbahzadeh founded Kayhan with the help of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi.
Two years before the fall of the monarchy and the subsequent establishment of the Islamic Republic, Mostafa Mesbahzadeh left Iran and practically handed over the management of the newspaper to his son, Iraj.
After the revolution, the Kayhan newspaper was confiscated by the revolutionary government; Mesbahzadeh, who was living in London at the time, gathered a number of writers and journalists who had fled the country to publish a weekly newspaper called Kayhan-in-exile; it was later known as Kayhan London.
After a long period of illness, Mostefa Mesbahzadeh died on 25 November 2006 in San Diego.[4]
References
- "Mostafa Mesbahzadeh, 97; exiled publisher of Iranian newspapers". Los Angeles Times. 2006-12-05. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- Milani 2008, p. 401.
- "Exiled publisher Mesbahzadeh dies". The Monterey County Herald. 4 December 2006. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- "بنيانگذار کيهان درگذشت". BBC. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
Bibliography
- Milani, Abbas (2008). Eminent Persians: The Men and Women Who Made Modern Iran, 1941-1979. Vol. 1. pp. 399–405.