Ciamak Moresadegh

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Ciamak Moresadegh ( Persian سیامک مصدق), also written Ciamak Morsadegh or Siamak Moreh Sedgh (* 1925 in Shiraz ), is a representative of the Jewish minority in the Iranian parliament .

Moresadegh is a general surgeon, university professor, director of the Dr. Sapir Jewish Hospital and Welfare Center, and chairman of the Tehran Jewish Community.

In the parliamentary elections in 2008 he replaced Maurice Motamed and, like him, was initially the only representative of the Jews in parliament. Since the parliamentary elections in Iran in 2012 , the religious minority of Jews has three members. The parliamentarian Moresadegh was one of the companions of the new Iranian president, Hassan Rohani , at his first appearance at the UN General Assembly on September 25, 2013 in New York.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The New York Times, February 10, 2014, Jewish Hospital a Fixture in Tehran [1]
  2. ↑ CNN Press Room, September 29, 2013, Ciamak Morsadegh, MP on life as a religious minority in Iran [2]
  3. ↑ The Times of Israel, September 29, 2013, Jewish Iranian MP lauds country's religious freedom [3]
personal data
SURNAME Moresadegh, Ciamak
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morsadegh, Ciamak; Moreh Sedgh, Siamak
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Iranian politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Shiraz