Mohammad Sa'ed | |
Birth Date: | 28 April 1881 |
Birth Place: | Maragheh, Persia |
Death Place: | Tehran, Iran |
Order2: | 23th |
Office2: | Prime Minister of Iran |
Term Start3: | 6 April 1944 |
Term End3: | 25 November 1944 |
Monarch3: | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
Predecessor3: | Ali Soheili |
Successor3: | Morteza-Qoli Bayat |
Term Start2: | 9 November 1948 |
Term End2: | 23 March 1950 |
Monarch2: | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
Predecessor2: | Abdolhossein Hazhir |
Successor2: | Ali Mansur |
Alma Mater: | University of Lausanne |
Mohammad Sa'ed Maraghei (fa|محمد ساعد مراغهای; 28 April 1881 – 1 November 1973) was the 23rd Prime Minister of Iran.
Sa'ed was born in Maragheh, and studied at the University of Lausanne.
Sa'ed became prime minister after the fall of Ali Soheili's cabinet in 1943. Iran-Russia relations fell to low levels during his government after Sa'ed refused to entertain a Soviet demand for an oil concession in Soviet-occupied Northern Iran.[1] Sergei Kavtaradze publicly attacked the Prime Minister and demanded his resignation. The Soviet and Tudeh press echoed Kavtaradze's words. The Soviets inspired their Tudeh comrades in Iran to strike and demonstrate until Sa'ed resigned. Sa'ed resigned on 10 November 1944.[2]
He banned the Tudeh Party during his premiership, and Arthur Millspaugh was also re-appointed finance minister under his administration. It is said that he used public transportation (such as bus), even when he was a senator. He was fluent in Russian, French, and Turkish.
The following reference was used for the above writing: 'Alí Rizā Awsatí, Iran in the Past Three Centuries (Irān dar Se Qarn-e Goz̲ashteh), Volumes 1 and 2 (Paktāb Publishing, Tehran, Iran, 2003). (Vol. 1), (Vol. 2).