What is Mehdi Bazargan?
[[Image:Mehdi Bazargan.jpg|thumb|right|Young Mehdi Bazargan]] '''Mehdi Bazargan''' ({{lang-fa|مهدی بازرگان}}; 1 September, 1907 in [[Bazargan]] – 20 January, 1995) or '''Mahdi Bazargan''' was an Iranian scholar. He protested against the [[Shah]]'s regime in [[Iran]]. He was jailed many times for political reasons. Bazargan was Iran's first prime minister after the [[Iranian Revolution]] in 1979. He was against the [[United States]] Embassy hostage taking and the continuation of the [[Iran-Iraq War]]. He resigned on November 4, 1981. Bazargan died of a [[heart attack]] on January 20, 1995 when he was travelling from [[Tehran]] to [[Zürich City|Zürich]], [[Switzerland]]. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bazargan, Mehdi}} [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of Iran]] [[Category:1907 births]] [[Category:1995 deaths]] {{bio-stub}}