1941 Iranian legislative election explained

Flag Image:	State flag of Iran (1933–1964).svg
Country:	Iran
Type:	parliamentary
Previous Election:	1939 Iranian legislative election
Previous Year:	1939
Next Election:	1943–1944 Iranian legislative election
Election Date:	31 August 1941^[1]

Parliamentary elections were held in Iran began in September 1941, when Reza Shah was still in power, and were continued during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran and succession of his son Mohammad Reza Shah.^[2]

Prime Minister Mohammad Ali Foroughi came under great pressures to nullify the election results which were considered devoid of legitimacy.^[3]

Immediately after the elections and departure of Reza Shah, members of the parliament who were individually handpicked by him before his abdication, turned around and asked for investigations on his "misdeeds".^[4]

Notes and References

Book: آشنایی با تاریخ مجالس قانونگذاری در ایران دوره اول تا دوره شانزدهم. Majlis Research Center. 2005. 1384. Persian. History of Legislatures in Iran (1285–1328). 236. 2018-01-08. 2020-12-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20201213132414/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/book_pub/download/837285. dead.
Book: American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies. Area Handbook for Iran. 280. 550. Issue 68 of DA pam. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1971.
Book: Baktiari. Bahman. Parliamentary Politics in Revolutionary Iran: The Institutionalization of Factional Politics. University Press of Florida. 1996. 28. 978-0-8130-1461-6.
Book: Amuzgar, Jahangir . The Dynamics of the Iranian Revolution: The Pahlavis' Triumph and Tragedy: 31. . SUNY Press. 1991. 110. 9780791407318.