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2 unusual facts about Hassan Taqizadeh


Hassan Taqizadeh

In 1908 his life was saved by Claude Stokes a British military attaché who allowed him to take refuge in the legation compound.

In Berlin he established the Komiteh-ye Iran (Committee of Iran), and together with other prominent Iranian intellectuals, he published the influential periodical Kaveh (1916–1922), which was distributed in Europe as well as in Iran.


Ali Dashti

One of his famous critics, Ehsan Tabari wrote:((In Iran's contemporary history, there are and have been men like, Taghi-zadeh, Doctor Rezazadeh Shafagh and the very Mr. Ali Dashti, who spent all they ever owned serving the tyrants in return for their personal benefits; or as the poet says "They have enslaved knowledge, freedom, faith and fairness"; or, as in the proverb taken from the Gospel teachings, "spared the pearl for the pigs".))


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