Taqi Arani

Taghi Arani (Persian: تقی ارانی‎, September 5, 1903 in Tabriz, Iran – February 4, 1940 in Tehran, Iran), was a professor of chemistry, left-wing Iranian political activist, and the founder and editor of the Marxist magazine Donya.[1] He moved to Tehran with his family when he was 4 years old. In 1920, he graduated from Dar ul-Funun School in Tehran and pursued his studies in Germany studying chemistry at Berlin Institute of Technology. While studying in Germany, he began to study politics as well. Upon finishing his studies, he returned to Iran in 1928 and started Donya Magazine (The World). Many people consider Donya as his most important contribution to modern intellectual life in Iran. In 1938, he and 52 of his colleagues, The Fifty-Three, were arrested and charged with being involved in communist activities.[2] He died (or as some claim, was killed)[3] in jail in February 1940.

Taqi Arani
Born(1903-09-05)September 5, 1903
Tabriz, Iran
DiedFebruary 4, 1940(1940-02-04) (aged 36)
Tehran, Iran
NationalityIranian
Alma materBerlin Institute of Technology
Criminal charge(s)Marxist sedition

Members of the Fifty-Three would go on to found the Tudeh Party in 1941,[4] often considered the beginning of the modern Communist party in Iran.[5]

Further reading
  • Jalali, Younes (2018), Taghi Erani, a Polymath in Interwar Berlin: Fundamental Science, Psychology, Orientalism, and Political Philosophy, Springer, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-97837-6, ISBN 978-3-319-97837-6

References
  1. Daryaee, Touraj (2012-02-16). The Oxford Handbook of Iranian History. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 352. ISBN 9780199732159.
  2. Afshari, Reza (2002). "Tortured Confessions: Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran (review)". Human Rights Quarterly. 24 (1): 290–297. doi:10.1353/hrq.2002.0001. ISSN 1085-794X.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2009-09-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "History of Iran: History of the Tudeh Party of Iran". www.iranchamber.com. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  5. Ghods, M. Reza (1990). "The Iranian Communist Movement under Reza Shah". Middle Eastern Studies. 26 (4): 506–513. doi:10.1080/00263209008700833. ISSN 0026-3206. JSTOR 4283395.
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