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Mohammad Ali Rajaee
Mohammad Ali
Rajaee
was born
in the city of Qazvin in 1933. He lost his father at the age of four but
could manage to complete his studies at the elementary school under
the supervision of his mother and elder brother. At the age of 14, he
left Qazvin for Tehran to work in Tehran bazaar. Later he took part in
the Air Force Entrance
Examination at 17. In there, he cooperated with
Fadaeeyan
Eslam',
which carried out activities against Pahlavi regime and benefited from
the late
Ayatollah Taleqani's
classes. In 1953, for his political activities against Palavi’s regime,
he had to resign from the Air Force. There fore he began his new career
in Education Ministry as a mathematics teacher. In 1970, he left Tehran
for the city of Khansar and later returned to Tehran to continue his
studies in the field of statistics. Although he continued his political
activities and
cooperated with
Students’ Islamic Association. He was arrested in
1973 and got imprisoned but was released in 1978. He bearded hard
tortures in Savak jail, but he didn’t leave his aim and continued it.
After the
Islamic
Revolution,
Rajaee was appointed as the Minister of Education. In 1980, for his
conspicuous activities in order to help the Islamic government, he was
appointed as the prime minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran and was
later elected as a president. In his
presidency period, appointed
Shahid Bahonar
as his
prime minister. His presidency period was along with the beginning of
Imposed
war and for this reason he faced many difficulties made by internal and
external enemies. But he didn’t disappoint, and continued his holy duty.
During his life
he was so humble and respectful. Although in the last years of his life,
he had high ranking positions but he always preferred to introduce
himself as a teacher, not as a minister or president. He considered
these positions as God’s examination and always told his friends to be
careful about his behaviors and attributes in order to control his
sensual desires. People were always surprised by seeing his simple life
as a president.
In here we refer
to some of his statements:
“…dear children
of the Islamic country, be careful about the Great Satan (U.S.A) and
know that the maintenance of Islamic Revolution and proving its aims
will be only created by Islamic unity…”
“…Our main
responsibility is to build the educational environments on the basis of
Islamic patterns and also creating of Islamic training in educational
environments…”
He was martyred
along with
Shahid
Bahonar when holding a meeting in his
office on August 30, 1981.
A
strong napalm bomb blasted at 3 o’clock on the Sunday’s afternoon 8
Shahrivar, and
martyred some of the responsible authorities including the president
Mohammad Ali Rajaee
and the prime minister Hoj. Dr. Bahonar and
some others were left injured. This explosion
occurred while the Security Council’s meeting was being held in the
presence of the
president, the Prime Minister, and the military authorities. Forthwith
after the explosion, the guards, fire brigade, the police and emergency
services arrived and began the rescue operation.
Fire was blazing and the conference room was filled with smoke and soot.
Meanwhile, having heard the sound of explosion, people gathered in front
of the building to
help the relief teams but the president and the prime minister were not
among the injured.
Recognition of the burnt dead bodies was also impossible. Some of the
injured were given immediate treatment and some others were rushed
hospital.
At
last, at midnight it was to be known, that unfortunately, both the
president and the prime minister had surrendered their souls to God.
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