What is Farhang Mehr?
{{infobox person |name = Farhang Mehr |honorific_prefix = |honorific_suffix = |image = Dr-Farhang-Mehr.jpg |image_size = |alt = |caption = In London, 2006. |birth_name = |birth_date = <!-- {{birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> 11 December 1923 |birth_place = |death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> |death_place = 4 March 2018 (aged 94) |body_discovered = |death_cause = |resting_place = |resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|display=inline,title}} --> |monuments = |residence = |nationality = (former) Iranian, American |citizenship = |other_names = |known_for = |television = |education = |alma_mater = |employer = |organization = |notable_works = |style = |influences = |influenced = |agent = |occupation = |years_active = |home_town = |salary = |net_worth = |height = |weight = |title = |term = |predecessor = |successor = |party = |movement = |opponents = |boards = |criminal_charge = |criminal_penalty = |criminal_status = |spouse = |partner = |children = |parents = |relations = |callsign = |awards = |signature = |signature_alt = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Farhang Mehr''' (11 December 1923 – 4 March 2018) was an American political scientist, academic and researcher, and former Iranian politician. He was a [[Zoroastrian]]. Mehr was born in a Zoroastrian family in [[Tehran]]. His father, Mehraban, was from the province of [[Kerman]], and migrated to Tehran when he was 14 years old. He went on to become Chief Accountant in the Iranian Parliament. He joined the National Iranian Oil Company. He was the head of the Department of International Contracts and Industrial Relations. He was then nominated by the prime minister to serve as the Minister of Finance. However, he could not become a minister under Iran’s constitutional law which preserved the ministerial posts for Muslims only. Mehr’s last position in Iran, prior to the [[Islamic Revolution]] of 1979, was president of [[Pahlavi University]] in [[Shiraz