Ali Reza Nobari
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Ali Reza Nobari is the former Governor of the central bank
of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Bank Markazi Iran
). Nobari was appointed to this post by President
Abolhassan Banisadr
in late 1979 after the Revolutionary Council assumed executive control following the resignation of Mehdi Bazargan
and The Interim Government of Iran due to the US Embassy takeover and hostage-taking
.
Central bank
A central bank, reserve bank, or monetary authority is a public institution that usually issues the currency, regulates the money supply, and controls the interest rates in a country. Central banks often also oversee the commercial banking system of their respective countries...
of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Bank Markazi Iran
Bank Markazi Iran
The Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the central bank of Iran. It is entirely government owned. Among its major purposes are: maintenance of the value of the national currency, balance of payments as well as facilitating trade transactions and contributing to the economic...
). Nobari was appointed to this post by President
President of Iran
The President of Iran is the highest popularly elected official in, and the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Iran; although subordinate to the Supreme Leader of Iran, who functions as the country's head of state...
Abolhassan Banisadr
Abolhassan Banisadr
Abulhassan Banisadr is an Iranian politician, economist and human rights activist who served as the first President of Iran from 4 February 1980 after the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the abolition of the monarchy until his impeachment on 21 June 1981 by the Parliament of Iran...
in late 1979 after the Revolutionary Council assumed executive control following the resignation of Mehdi Bazargan
Mehdi Bazargan
Mehdi Bazargan was a prominent Iranian scholar, academic, long-time pro-democracy activist and head of Iran's interim government, making him Iran's first prime minister after the Iranian Revolution of 1979. He was the head of the first engineering department of Tehran University...
and The Interim Government of Iran due to the US Embassy takeover and hostage-taking
Iran hostage crisis
The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States where 52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981, after a group of Islamist students and militants took over the American Embassy in Tehran in support of the Iranian...
.
Publications
- Ali Reza Nobari, ed. Iran Erupts: Independence: News and Analysis of the Iranian National Movement. Stanford: Iran-America Documentation Group, 1978.