Mohammad Sa'ed

Mohammad Sa'ed
23th Prime Minister of Iran
In office 9 November 1948 – 23 March 1950
Monarch	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Preceded by	Abdolhossein Hazhir
Succeeded by	Ali Mansur
In office 6 April 1944 – 25 November 1944
Monarch	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Preceded by	Ali Soheili
Succeeded by	Morteza-Qoli Bayat
Personal details
Born	28 April 1881 Maragheh, Persia
Died	1 November 1973(1973-11-01) (aged 92) Tehran, Iran
Alma mater	University of Lausanne

Mohammad Sa'ed Maraghei (Persian: محمد ساعد مراغه‌ای; 28 April 1881 – 1 November 1973) was the 23rd Prime Minister of Iran.

Early life

Sa'ed was born in Maragheh, and studied at the University of Lausanne.

Prime minister

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. 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.

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.

See also

• Pahlavi dynasty
• List of prime ministers of Iran

References

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). ISBN 964-93406-6-1 (Vol. 1), ISBN 964-93406-5-3 (Vol. 2).