Hassan Emami

Sayyid Hassan Emami (Persian: سید حسن امامی; 1903–1981) was an Iranian Shia cleric and royalist politician. He worked as a judge in the Ministry of Justice and taught law at the University of Tehran.^[1]

Hassan Emami
13th Speaker of the Parliament of Iran
In office 1 July 1952 – 6 August 1952
Preceded by	Reza Hekmat
Succeeded by	Abolghasem Kashani
Member of the Parliament
In office 27 April 1952 – 16 August 1953
Constituency	Mahabad
Personal details
Born	1903[1] Tehran, Qajar Iran[1]
Died	1981 (aged 77–78)[1] Lausanne, Switzerland
Alma mater	University of Lausanne
Occupation	Law professor

He was regarded as a member of the Mohammad Reza Shah's inner circle, and had close ties to bazaari and traditional classes, as well as Masonic lodges.^[1] He supported Reza Shah's secular reforms, despite his family's history of religious conservatism.^[2] Emami is described an Anglophile politician and staunchly hostile to Mohammad Mossadegh and his policies.^[3] He discarded his religious attire after he returned from Switzerland, where he studied continental law, but resumed wearing it when he was appointed as Tehran's Friday prayer imam in 1947.^[3]

Hassan Emami with Shah

In 1952 Iranian legislative election, Emami stood as a candidate from Kurdish and Sunni city of Mahabad, where he had never been. He was elected with the interference by Artesh, thus Mohammad Mossadegh asked the parliament to reject his credentials but he was affirmed.^[4] On 1 July 1952, he defeated the National Front-backed Abdullah Moazzami for the Speaker of the Parliament of Iran.^[5] Emami fled the country following the 21 July pro-Mohammad Mossadegh demonstrations and offered his resignation in a message from Geneva.^[6]

References

1. Mir, Cyrus (13 December 2011) [15 December 1998]. "EMĀMĪ, Sayyed ḤASAN". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Fasc. 4. Vol. VIII. New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press. p. 393. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
2. Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. p. 241. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
3. Gasiorowski, Mark J.; Byrne, Malcolm (2004). Mohammad Mosaddeq and the 1953 Coup in Iran. Syracuse University Press. pp. 46, 51. ISBN 0815630182.
4. Maleki, Bahman (November 2008). "Chapter IV: Mossadeq's Premiership". The role of Dr Mossadeq in democratization of Iran polity (Ph.D. thesis). University of Pune. hdl:10603/1986.
5. Afkhami, Gholam Reza (2009). The Life and Times of the Shah. University of California Press. pp. 134. ISBN 9780520942165.
6. "17 July–6 August 1952". Chronology of International Events and Documents. 8 (15). Royal Institute of International Affairs (subscription required): 453–488. 1952. JSTOR 40545321.

Bibliography

• Ḥoqūq-e madanī (Civic Jurisprudence; 6 vols., Tehran, 1335-42 Š./1956-63)

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Assembly seats
Preceded by Reza Hekmat	Speaker of the Parliament of Iran 1952	Succeeded by Abolghasem Kashani
Religious titles
Preceded by Mohammad Emamzadeh	Tehran's Friday Prayer Imam 1947–1979	Succeeded by Mahmoud Taleghani