About Fereydoun Keshavarz
Lived 1907 – 2006 (aged 99). Fereydoun Keshavarz was an Iranian politician.
Fereydoun Keshavarz (; 1907–2006) was an Iranian physician and communist politician.
Early life and education The son of a merchant from Gilan who had taken part in the Persian Constitutional Revolution, Keshavarz studied in Dar ul-Funun before going to study medicine in France. He taught at University of Tehran after he returned to Iran.
Career Keshavarz entered politics in 1941, and joined Tudeh Party of Iran three months after its creation. In the summer of 1946 he was named a minister in Qavam's coalition cabinet. He broke away from the party in 1958, because he came to believe that "Tudeh's policy is a betrayal of the working class".
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Who was Fereydoun Keshavarz?
Iranian politician
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Fereydoun Keshavarz was born on 31 August 1907 in Bandar-e Anzali.
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Fereydoun Keshavarz died on 6 October 2006 in Switzerland.
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Fereydoun Keshavarz was a politician.
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Fereydoun Keshavarz was Iranian.
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