1896 - 1971
Iranian politician.
The son-in-law of Mohammad Mossadegh and father of the cleric Hedayatollah Matin Daftari (a leading member of Mojahedin-e Khalq, the Baghdad-based opposition group), Ahmad Matin Daftari was born to an Iranian vizierial family. In 1929, he was sent to Europe by the Iranian government to study law. He was Reza Shah Pahlavi's minister of justice in 1936 and prime minister in 1939. Throughout his political career, Daftari also taught at Tehran University, as a member of the faculty of law, and wrote several books on the subject of law. His participation in politics was stalled in 1962 because of his opposition to the price hikes imposed by Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi's government and the political activism of his two sons, who opposed the shah's regime. Daftari died in Tehran.
— NEGUIN YAVARI
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