Ebtehaj salimi; hasan zandiyehh; manocher samadivand; masomeh gharadaghi
Abstract
The coup against Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh supported by foreign powers on August 19, 1953, was the beginning of a new era in Iran's parliamentary history of Iran. After this incident, the parliament and elections were completely under the supervision of the government and its officials. The province of ...
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The coup against Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh supported by foreign powers on August 19, 1953, was the beginning of a new era in Iran's parliamentary history of Iran. After this incident, the parliament and elections were completely under the supervision of the government and its officials. The province of Kermanshah, located in the west of Iran, due to its geographical location and special importance, and a branch of the British and Iranian Oil Company was operating there, was greatly affected by this coup, and this, willy-nilly, also led to the political action of the city's activists. The present article, with a descriptive-analytical method and relying on available sources, documents, and official papers, attempted to answer the question: “what was the process of holding the 18th National Assembly elections in the Kermanshah constituency, and what was the result?” The results of the research show that the political participation of the people and the former activities of this city in the elections decreased after the overthrow of the national government, and with their isolation, the result of the elections was determined by the government and local influential related to the government. The elections of this period have been the first stage of complete governmental and legislative elections, which continued until the end of the Pahlavi period.
