Asghar Sayyed Javadi

Asghar Sayyed Javadi
Asghar Sayyed Javadi
	Tehran Mosavvar, 1979
Born	Ali-Asghar Sadr Haj Seyyed Javadi; 1925; Qazvin, Iran
Died	2018 (aged 92–93); Paris, France
Nationality	Iranian
Organization(s)	IWA; ICDFHR (1977–1980)
Children	Négar Djavadi
Relatives	Ahmad Sayyed Javadi (brother); Nasser Katouzian (brother-in-law)

Ali-Asghar Sadr Haj Seyyed Javadi (Persian: علی‌اصغر صدر حاج‌سیدجوادی; 1925–2018) was an Iranian writer, journalist and activist.^[1] Politically, he was a dissident to both Pahlavi and Islamic Republic governments.^[2]

According to Farhang Rajaee, he was "a leading intellectual of the day".^[3]

Early life and education

He was born in 1925 in Qazvin. In 1951, he obtained a PhD in philosophy from University of Paris.^[1]

Career

During his youth, he was a member of Tudeh Party of Iran but he later became a social democrat.^[4] He was an essayist on Islam and Socialism and over a fifteen years period, his gained a large following who were mostly religious laymen.^[4] An Iranian Writers Association member, he also wrote for Kayhan.^[4]^[5]

Mehrdad Mashayekhi argues that he belonged to the Third Worldist current in Iran, and considers him among "radical nationalist intellectuals" who were closely associated with the League of Iranian Socialists.^[6] Afshin Matin-Asgari states that he had an "independent socialist background" that he shared with people with Jalal Al-e-Ahmad. He was critical of the U.S. government neocolonialist policies from a Third Worldist perspective, as reflected in his columns published in the 1960s.^[7]

In 1977, he was among the members and founders of the newly formed Iranian Committee for the Defense of Freedom and Human Rights (ICDFHR).^[8] Mehdi Bazargan was elected as the head and Javadi as the vice head of the committee.^[8] He became the head of the ICDFHR after the revolution.^[8] However, the committee's office was closed in November 1980, and Javadi had to leave Iran in the fall of 1981.^[8]

In 1979, he founded Jonbesh (lit. 'The Movement'), a relatively small group that belonged to the political center.^[9] and ran for a Tehran seat for the Assembly of Experts for Constitution under the banner of Quintuple Coalition.^[10] He garnered more votes than any defeated candidate and about one million less than the last elected candidate.^[11]

Asghar Sayyed Javadi is featured on the front page of the newspaper The Shah Is Gone.

Electoral history

Year	Election	Votes	%	Rank	Notes
1979	Assembly of Experts	298,360	11.81	11th	Lost^[11]

References

^ ^a ^b Boroujerdi, Mehrzad (1996). Iranian Intellectuals and the West: The Tormented Triumph of Nativism. Syracuse University Press. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-8156-0433-4.
^ Daneshvar, Parviz (2016). Revolution in Iran. Springer. p. 212. ISBN 978-1349140626.
^ Rajaee, Farhang (2010), Islamism and Modernism: The Changing Discourse in Iran, University of Texas Press, p. 235, ISBN 9780292774360
^ ^a ^b ^c Hiro, Dilip (2013). Iran Under the Ayatollahs (Routledge Revivals). Routledge. p. 67. ISBN 978-1135043810.
^ Amir Taheri (2 July 2018). "Leading Iranian Writer Dies in Exile". Asharq Al Awsat. London. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^ Mashayekhi, Mehrdad (2005). "The Politics of Nationalism and Political Culture". In Farsoun, Samih K.; Mashayekhi, Mehrdad (eds.). Iran: Political Culture in the Islamic Republic. Routledge. p. 60. ISBN 9781134969470.
^ Matin-Asgari, Afshin (2018). Both Eastern and Western: An Intellectual History of Iranian Modernity. Cambridge University Press. p. 177. ISBN 9781108428538.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Houchang E. Chehabi (1990). Iranian Politics and Religious Modernism: The Liberation Movement of Iran Under the Shah and Khomeini. I.B.Tauris. p. 231. ISBN 978-1-85043-198-5.
^ Daneshvar, Parviz (2016). Revolution in Iran. Springer. p. 138. ISBN 978-1349140626.
^ Near East/North Africa Report, Joint Publications Research Service, vol. 2010, Executive Office of the President, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, 1979, p. 13
^ ^a ^b Ervand Abrahamian (1989), Radical Islam: the Iranian Mojahedin, Society and culture in the modern Middle East, vol. 3, I.B.Tauris, p. 195, Table 6; pp. 203–205, Table 8, ISBN 9781850430773

[Boroujerdi-1] Boroujerdi, Mehrzad (1996). Iranian Intellectuals and the West: The Tormented Triumph of Nativism. Syracuse University Press. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-8156-0433-4.

[2] Daneshvar, Parviz (2016). Revolution in Iran. Springer. p. 212. ISBN 978-1349140626.

[3] Rajaee, Farhang (2010), Islamism and Modernism: The Changing Discourse in Iran, University of Texas Press, p. 235, ISBN 9780292774360

[Hiro-4] Hiro, Dilip (2013). Iran Under the Ayatollahs (Routledge Revivals). Routledge. p. 67. ISBN 978-1135043810.

[5] Amir Taheri (2 July 2018). "Leading Iranian Writer Dies in Exile". Asharq Al Awsat. London. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[6] Mashayekhi, Mehrdad (2005). "The Politics of Nationalism and Political Culture". In Farsoun, Samih K.; Mashayekhi, Mehrdad (eds.). Iran: Political Culture in the Islamic Republic. Routledge. p. 60. ISBN 9781134969470.

[7] Matin-Asgari, Afshin (2018). Both Eastern and Western: An Intellectual History of Iranian Modernity. Cambridge University Press. p. 177. ISBN 9781108428538.

[Chehabi1990-8] Houchang E. Chehabi (1990). Iranian Politics and Religious Modernism: The Liberation Movement of Iran Under the Shah and Khomeini. I.B.Tauris. p. 231. ISBN 978-1-85043-198-5.

[9] Daneshvar, Parviz (2016). Revolution in Iran. Springer. p. 138. ISBN 978-1349140626.

[10] Near East/North Africa Report, Joint Publications Research Service, vol. 2010, Executive Office of the President, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, 1979, p. 13

[ri-11] Ervand Abrahamian (1989), Radical Islam: the Iranian Mojahedin, Society and culture in the modern Middle East, vol. 3, I.B.Tauris, p. 195, Table 6; pp. 203–205, Table 8, ISBN 9781850430773

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