Regency Council (Iran)

The Regency Council (Persian: شورای سلطنت, romanizedŠūrā-ye Salṭanat) of the Imperial State of Iran, was a nine-member body formed on 13 January 1979 by Mohammad Reza Shah to carry out his duties after he left Iran amidst the Iranian Revolution and served as the symbol of his continued claim on power.

The council was practically dissolved within days, when its head resigned on 22 January 1979 to meet Ayatollah Khomeini.

Background

1953 Regency Council

On 28 February 1953, it was reported that in a meeting with Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, the Shah had agreed that during his absence in Iran a regency council consisting of Mosaddegh, Gholamreza Pahlavi (Shah's brother) and Hossein Ala (Minister of Royal Court) should be appointed to act as the regency council.

1979 Regency Council members

# Name Latest Office Position in the Council
1 Jalaleddin Tehrani Former Senator
Head
2 Mohammad Ali Varasteh Former Minister of Finance
Deputy
3 Shapour Bakhtiar Prime Minister
Member
4 Mohammad Sajjadi President of the Senate
5 Javad Saeid Speaker of the Parliament
6 Gen. Abbas Gharabaghi Chief-of-Staff of Imperial Iranian Army
7 Aligholi Ardalan Minister of Royal Court
8 Abdullah Entezam Former Chairman of National Iranian Oil Company
9 Abdolhossein Ali Abadi Former Prosecutor-General

Due to the tensions between Jalaleddin Tehrani and Abbas Gharabaghi Tehrani resigned from the post. He was replaced by Mohammad Ali Varasteh as the head of the council.

See also


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