Mohammad Hassan Novin, A Man For All Seasons

 

Mohammad Hassan Novin at the Iran's Senate 

In a school Play. 1938 (Standing in the left)

In the chemistry Lab. 1937 - (Third person standing in the left) 

In a Boy Scout camp. 1941

In a Boy Scout camp. 1941 (detail)

His Boy Scout Company -1941 ( Third person standing on the right)

In the physic lab - 1937 ( first person on the front row on the left)

In the physic lab - 1937 (detail)

As a young delegate with Prime Minister Mohammad Ali Forooghi - 1941

As a young delegate with Prime Minister Mohammad Ali Forooghi - 1941

As a high school teacher with his students 1941

As a high school teacher with his students 1941

Three Best Friends, 1940 — (From the left) Manoochehr Soltani, Reza Toosi and M.H. Novin.

Behind his desk-- April 1959

With the seven feet tall General Katoozian. They were good friends during all their careers. He was the deputy minister of the Defense, and later became the minister of employment in the Azhari Cabinet.

With military bras -1956

Female education on his list of high priorities. Here he distribute rewards to high academic achievers

He understood the importance of good nutrition for poor students. Here he is serving warm milk to female students. A program that he initiated

A warm farewell. He is off to another city for another appointment, and the girls in the Mojdehee Elementary School bid him farewell. The man on his left is an official from the Ministry of Education.

From L to R: Amir Abbas Hoveida prime minister, Mahmmood Ghavam Sadri consulting minister, and Mohammad Hassan Novin Parliamentary adviser, on their way to parliament to present the budget. 

On an official  mission with the consulting minister Ghavam Sadri

With the new Prime Minister, Mr. Jamshid Ammozgar, saying farewell to Mr. Hoveyda

On his countless missions.

A pep talk to the young executives on the importance of exports, and efficiency.  

  Always being interested  and concerned about industrial progress.  

Making sure that the voices of young conscripts are being heard.

Prim minister Bakhtiar was accompanied by MH Novin  in his inaugural speech to the parliament, promising to form a responsible government. His government short term program presented to Majles included the following provisions that were always advocated by MH Novin.    (i) to close down the secret police SAVAK, and substituting it with a law abiding intelligent service. (ii) persecuting the corrupt officials, by either implementing the exiting judiciary arrangements or by establishing special national courts. (iii) appointment of a special commission to investigate the crimes committed by SAVAK. (iv) freeing of all political prisoners (he informed the Majles that on the very same day sixty eight political prisoners who were sentenced to life were released). (v) rehabilitating all the former political dissidents since the coup d'eta of 1953 and revoking their sentences (vi) introducing financial compensation to political prisoners and to those who had became disabled because of torture (vii) paying financial compensation to the children of those who had lost their life in the so called security prisons (viii) gradual elimination of the martial law, declaring the recently killed demonstrators as martyrs, and paying financial compensations to their families through legislation . ...

Conveying the important message to Bakhtiar, general Qarabaghi is in the army council meeting and will not be able to take his call.

With Dalton McGuinty the premier of Ontario. — with Dalton McGuinty, Reza Moridi, MPP and M.H. Novin