Hashem Sabbaghian

Hashem Sabbaghian (; born 4 April 1937) is an Iranian politician, humanitarian, democracy activist and former parliament member. He was minister of interior in the interim government led by Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan in 1979. Later, he became a member of parliament from 1980 to 1984.

Early life and education Sabbaghian was born on 4 April 1937 in Tehran. His father, Taghi was a businessman. He completed his elementary education in Hafez School and secondary education in Marv High-School. He holds an engineering degree. During his tenure, he held the constitutional convention election. He was elected as a member of the parliament in the 1980 election from Tehran on the list of the Freedom Movement of Iran. He was the chairman of the parliament's urban and development commission. He resigned from cabinet post on 6 November 1979 along with Prime Minister Bazargan.

In the 1984 election, he ran for seat again, but withdrew his candidacy after two weeks due to political pressure from Islamic hardliners. His candidacy for the 1996 election was also rejected by the Council of Guardians.

Later years Sabbaghian joined the Freedom Movement led by Ebrahim Yazdi and served as Yazdi's deputy. Both of them were arrested in Isfahan on 1 October 2010.

Personal life Sabbaghian married in 1965 and has four daughters and one son. One of his daughters and his son are also members of the Freedom Movement of Iran.