Sayyed Ja'far Pishevari (; ; ; 26 August 1892 – 11 June 1947) was an Iranian Azerbaijani communist politician who most-notably founded and led the Azerbaijani Democratic Party, the founding and ruling party of the Azerbaijan People's Government, the short-lived unrecognized secessionist state in northern Iran from November 1945 to December 1946.
Life
He was born in Khalkhal in Ardabil province, Iran. He had lived in the Caucasus in the early 20th century and was introduced to Marxism during this period. He was a member of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party.
He was a founding member of the Communist Party of Iran (not to be confused with the Tudeh Party), established in 1920, in Rasht. He became a journalist and communist activist in the 1920s.
He was arrested and imprisoned during nine years in the late 1930s and early 1940s by the government of Reza Shah Pahlavi for his communist ideas and activities. by the rest of deputies. Of the 100 votes cast, his credentials were rejected 47–50.
He then established the Azerbaijani Democratic Party with manifest material and organizational support from the USSR.
Political career
The Soviet Union founded the communist Azerbaijan People's Government in November 1945 during their occupation of Northern Iran, making Pishevari its leader. levying taxes, land reform
References
External links
- 1945-46 Iranian Crisis Cold War International History Project, Retrieved 2008-05-22
- photograph, Retrieved 2008-05-22