Key facts
- Monarch
- Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- Preceded by
- Gholam Reza Azhari
- Succeeded by
- Mehdi Bazargan ( Acting )
- Prime minister
- Himself
- Appointed by
- Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- Born
- ( 1914-06-26 ) 26 June 1914, Shahrekord , Qajar Iran
- Died
- 6 August 1991 (1991-08-06) (aged 77), Suresnes , France
- Cause of death
- Assassination (stab wounds)
- Resting place
- Montparnasse Cemetery , Paris , France
- Party
- National Resistance Movement of Iran (1979–1991) Iran Party (1949–1979)
- Other political affiliations
- National Front (1949–1979)
- Spouse s
- Madeleine , Shahintaj
- Alma mater
- Faculty of Law of Paris
- Allegiance
- Spanish Republic , France , French Resistance
- Branch service
- International Brigades , French Army
- Years of service
- 1936–1938, 1940–1945
- Unit
- 30th Artillerie Regiment
- Battles wars
- Spanish Civil War , World War II
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Pahlavi Iran
- Place of birth
- Isfahan
- Place of death
- Suresnes
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Prime Minister of Iran
- Educated at
- University of Paris
- Political party
- National Resistance Movement of Iran
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- agnosticism
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Shapourbakhtiar.gif
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- place of burial
- Montparnasse Cemetery
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- Shapour Bakhtiar
- date of birth
- 1914-01-01
- date of death
- 1991-08-06
- manner of death
- homicide
- name in native language
- شاپور بختیار
- cause of death
- stab wound
- Commons Creator page
- Shapour Bakhtiar
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Encyclopedic overview
Shapour Bakhtiar (Persian: شاپور بختیار, listen; 26 June 1914 – 6 August 1991) was an Iranian politician who served as the last Prime Minister of Iran under the rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In the words of the historian Abbas Milani: "more than once in the tone of a jeremiad he reminded the nation of the dangers of clerical despotism, and of how the fascism of the mullahs would be darker than any military junta." In 1991, he and his secretary were murdered in his home in Suresnes, France, by agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Early life
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