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Shaban Jafari شعبان جعفری | |
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 Shaban Jafari during political campaigns | |
| Born | 21 March 1921 |
| Died | 19 August 2006 (aged 85) |
| Other names | Shaban the Brainless Babyface Shaban |
| Occupation(s) | Criminal, strongman, professional political strong arm |
Shaban Jafari (Persian: شعبان جعفری; 19 August 1921 – 21 March 2006), often known as Shaban the Brainless (Persian: شعبان بیمخ, romanized: Sha'bān-e Bi-mokh) or Shaban the Crown-Bestower (Persian: شعبان تاجبخش, romanized: Sha'bān-e Tājbakhsh), was an Iranian political activist and practitioner of varzesh-e bastani. A controversial figure in Iranian politics, he was instrumental in overthrowing Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh's government in the 1953 Iranian coup d'état.[1][2]
Following the coup, Mohammad Reza shah seized power and governed as a dictator. Over time, the Shah's regime lost both popular support and confidence. By the 1970s, longstanding grievances against the Shah resulted in the Iranian Revolution which deposed him. Jafari, whose connection to the 1953 coup made him a target for the new Iranian government, fled to the United States where he remained until his death in 2006.
- ^ Gölz, "The Dangerous Classes and the 1953 Coup in Iran. On the Decline of 'lutigari' Masculinities." In Crime, Poverty and Survival in the Middle East. Edited by Stephanie Cronin, 177–90. London: I.B. Tauris, 2019.
- ^ "BBCPersian.com". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
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