Ebrahim Yazdi
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Ebrahim Yazdi was an Iranian politician, pharmacist, and diplomat who served as deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs in the interim government of Mehdi Bazargan, until his resignation in November 1979, in protest at the Iran hostage crisis. From 1995 until 2017, he headed the Freedom Movement of Iran. Yazdi was also a trained cancer researcher.
Yazdi as part of Interim Government of Iran
Yazdi (left) and lieutenant general Mehdi Rahimi (right) in February 1979. Rahimi was executed on 16 February.
Yazdi and Fidel Castro
Mehdi Bazargan
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Mehdi Bazargan was an Iranian scholar, academic, long-time pro-democracy activist and Prime Minister of Iran's interim government.
Bazargan in his youth
Bazargan sworn in as prime minister behind Ruhollah Khomeini in the absence of Parliament
Bazargan with Yasser Arafat