Allah-Yar Saleh

Allah-Yar Saleh (Persian: اللهیار صالح, born Saleh Arani;^[2] 1897–1981) was an Iranian politician and diplomat who was Iranian Ambassador to the United States during Mohammad Mosaddegh's premiership.^[3][4]

Allah-Yar Saleh
Ambassador of Iran to the United States
In office 18 September 1952 – 19 August 1953
Prime Minister	Mohammad Mosaddegh
Preceded by	Nasrollah Entezam
Succeeded by	Abbas Aram
Member of Parliament of Iran
In office 22 February 1961 – 9 May 1961
Constituency	Kashan
Majority	25,078 (99.8%)
In office 9 February 1950 – 19 February 1952 Serving with Kazem Sheibani
Constituency	Kashan
Majority	15,171 (94.7%)[1]
Minister of Interior
In office June 1952 – July 1952
Prime Minister	Mohammad Mosaddegh
Preceded by	Amirteymour Kalali
Succeeded by	Gholam Hossein Sadighi
In office 25 December 1945 – 17 February 1946
Prime Minister	Ebrahim Hakimi
Preceded by	Khalil Fahimi
Succeeded by	Ahmad Qavam
Minister without portfolio
In office 6 November 1945 – 25 December 1945
Prime Minister	Ebrahim Hakimi
Minister of Justice
In office 3 August 1946 – 16 October 1946
Prime Minister	Ahmad Qavam
Preceded by	Anoushiravan Sepahbodi
Succeeded by	Ali-Akbar Mousavi-Zadeh
In office 13 May 1945 – 3 June 1945
Prime Minister	Ebrahim Hakimi
Preceded by	Hassan-Ali Kamal Hedayat
Succeeded by	Mostafa Adl
In office 2 September 1944 – 9 November 1944
Prime Minister	Mohammad Sa'ed
Preceded by	Asadullah Mamaghani
Succeeded by	Mostafa Adl
Minister of Finance
In office 26 January 1943 – 22 April 1943
Prime Minister	Ahmad Qavam Ali Soheili
Preceded by	Bagher Kazemi
Succeeded by	Morteza-Qoli Bayat
Personal details
Born	Saleh Arani (1897-05-16)16 May 1897 Aran va Bidgol, Sublime State of Iran
Died	1 April 1981(1981-04-01) (aged 83) Tehran, Iran
Political party	Iran Party National Front
Alma mater	American College of Tehran

Career

Allah-Yar Saleh was a member of the Iran Party, which was founded in 1946 as a platform for Iranian liberals and was one of the four main parties which made up the National Front.^[5] He was later made leader of National Front during 1960–1964.^[6][7]

Further reading

• Houchang E. Chehabi (1990). Iranian Politics and Religious Modernism: The Liberation Movement of Iran Under the Shah and Khomeini. I.B.Tauris. p. 135. ISBN 978-1-85043-198-5. Retrieved 1 December 2014.