Mohammad Sa'ed

{{Infobox President

| name = Mohammad Sa'ed

| image = Portrait_of_Mohammad_Sa%27ed.jpg

| birth_date = 28 April 1881

| birth_place = Maragheh, Persia

| death_date = {{death date and age|1973|11|1|1881|4|28|df=y}}

| death_place = Tehran, Iran

| order2 = 23th

| office2 = Prime Minister of Iran

| term_start3 = 6 April 1944

| term_end3 = 25 November 1944

| monarch3 = Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

| predecessor3 = Ali Soheili

| successor3 = Morteza-Qoli Bayat

| deputy2 =

| term_start2 = 9 November 1948

| term_end2 = 23 March 1950

| monarch2 = Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

| predecessor2 = Abdolhossein Hazhir

| successor2 = Ali Mansur

| party =

| alma_mater = University of Lausanne

}}

Mohammad Sa'ed Maraghei ({{langx|fa|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.{{cite book|last=Rubin|first=Barry|title=Paved With Good Intentions|year=1980

|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0-19-502805-8|url=https://archive.org/details/pavedwithgoodint00rubi/page/25

|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/pavedwithgoodint00rubi/page/25 25]}} 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.{{cite journal|title=Chronology International|journal=Current History|page=88|year=1945|volume=8

|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/45306642|issue=41|jstor=45306642}}

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.

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).