Ataollah Khosravani

Ataollah Khosravani (1919–unknown) was an Iranian politician. He served as the secretary-general of Iran Novin Party and held several cabinet posts in the 1960s.

Ataollah Khosravani
Minister of Interior
In office
1969–1969
Prime MinisterAmir Abbas Hoveida
Preceded byAbdolreza Ansari
Minister of Labor
In office
9 May 1961 – March 1964
Prime MinisterAli Amini
Asadollah Alam
Preceded byAhmad Ali Bahrami
Personal details
Born1919
Tehran, Qajar Iran
NationalityIranian
Children1

Early life and education

Khosravani was born in Tehran in 1919.[1] He had six half-brothers from the first marriage of his father.[1] He graduated from the Adab primary school and the Tharvat junior high school.[2] Then he attended the Alborz College in Tehran.[2] He received a bachelor's degree in social sciences in France.[2]

Career

Following his return to Iran Khosravani established a magazine entitled Afkar Iran with his brother.[2] Then he was appointed attaché to the Embassy of Iran in Paris.[2] He served as the minister of labor in three successive cabinets starting from 9 May 1961.[3] He first served in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Ali Amini and succeeded Ahmad Ali Bahrami in the post.[3] His last term in the office was in the cabinet of Prime Minister Asadollah Alam between February 1963 and March 1964.[4][5] He was appointed secretary-general of Iran Novin Party 1965 when Prime Minister Hassan Ali Mansur who had been serving as secretary general of the party was assassinated.[6] Next he was named as the interior minister to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Amir Abbas Hoveyda.[6] Khosravani's term as the secretary general ended in 1969, and he was also removed from the cabinet of Amir Abbas Hoveyda.[6] Manouchehr Kalali was the successor of Khosravani as the secretary-general of Iran Novin Party.[7]

A report by CIA dated February 1976 stated that in mid-1974 Khosravani was secretly assigned by the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to analyse the status of the Iran Novin Party to reorganize it.[8] At the end of his investigation Khosravani co-authored a report which partly led to the clouse of the Party in 1975.[8]

Personal life

While living in Paris Khosravani married a French woman and had a son.[2]

References
  1. Habib Lajevardi (27 May 2021). "عطاءالله خسروانی، متن کامل مصاحبه" (in Persian). Iran History. Retrieved 21 April 2022. Interview with Khosravani in Paris on 5 March 1983
  2. "نگاهی به زندگی عطاءالله خسروانی به روایت اسناد ساواک" (in Persian). History Documents. Retrieved 21 April 2022. Citing SAVAK documents
  3. Michael J. Willcocks (2015). Agent or Client: Who Instigated the White Revolution of the Shah and the People in Iran, 1963 (PhD thesis). University of Manchester. pp. 68–69.
  4. "Chronology September 16, 1962-March 15, 1963". Middle East Journal. 17 (1–2): 113. Winter–Spring 1963. JSTOR 4323557.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  5. "Hoveyda, Amir-Abbas". Encyclopedia Iranica.
  6. Marvin G. Weinbaum (Autumn 1973). "Iran Finds a Party System: The Institutionalization of "Iran Novin"". Middle East Journal. 27 (4): 446. JSTOR 4325140.
  7. Rouhollah K. Ramazani (April 1974). "Iran's 'White Revolution': A Study in Political Development". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 5 (2): 136. doi:10.1017/S0020743800027781.
  8. "Elites and the Distribution of Power in Iran" (Intelligence Report). Archive org. February 1976. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
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