Mohammad Reza Ameli Tehrani

{{short description|Iranian politician (1927–1979)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

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| office1 = Minister of Education

| term_start1 = 22 November 1978

| term_end1 = 16 January 1979

| primeminister1 = Gholam-Reza Azhari

| predecessor1 = Kamal Habibollahi {{small|(Acting)}}

| successor1 = Mohammad-Amin Riahi

| office2 = Minister of Information and Tourism

| term_start2 = 16 September 1978

| term_end2 = 6 November 1978

| predecessor2 = Daryoush Homayoun

| primeminister2 = Jafar Sharif-Emami

| successor2 = Abolhassan Sa'adatmand

| office3 = Member of the Parliament

| term_start3 = 8 September 1975

| term_end3 = 16 September 1978

| constituency3 = Tehran

| term_start4 = 6 October 1967

| term_end4 = 31 August 1971

| constituency4 = Mahabad

|birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1927|12|31}}

|birth_place = Tehran, Iran

|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1979|5|8|1927|12|31}}

|death_place = Tehran, Iran

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|alma_mater = University of Tehran

|death_cause = Execution by firing squad

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Mohammad Reza "Ajir" Ameli Tehrani ({{langx|fa|محمدرضا عاملی تهرانی}}) (31 December 1927 – 8 May 1979) was an Iranian physician and pan-Iranist politician. He served as a minister in the cabinets of Jafar Sharif-Emami and Gholam-Reza Azhari. He was sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court, and subsequently executed on 8 May 1979.{{cite news|title=21 Shah officials executed in Iran|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BhBPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hAIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5377,5604085&dq=gholam+reza+pahlavi&hl=en|accessdate=4 November 2012

|newspaper=Toledo Blade|date=8 May 1979}}

Early life and education

Ameli was born in 1927.{{cite journal|title=The Anniversary of Dr. Mohammed Reza Ameli Tehrani's Martyrdom|journal=Rozaneh Magazine|date=May–June 2006|url=http://www.rozanehmagazine.com/MayJune2006/aDrAmeli.html}} He graduated from the University of Tehran's Medical College. Then he completed his residency specializing in anesthesiology. He began working at the university's Medical College faculty.

Trial and execution

The Islamic Revolutionary Tribunal of Tehran found Mohammad Reza Ameli Tehrani, as well as 20 other individuals, "corruptor on earth" and condemned him to death. These 21 persons were executed by a firing squad in Tehran on 8 May 1979.{{citation|publisher=Amnesty International|page=151|title=Law And Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran: A report covering events within the seven month period following the Revolution of February 1979|chapter=Post-Revolutionary Executions till 12 August 1979|date=February 1980

|chapter-url=https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/200000/mde130031980en.pdf}}

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