Hamid Mossadeq dies in Tehran
TEHRAN, Nov 28 (AFP) - Hamid Mossadeq, grandson of one of Iran's most
popular and controversial prime ministers Mohammad Mossadeq, died in Tehran
on Saturday following a heart attack. The 59-year-old Mossadeq died in
a Tehran hospital, the official news agency IRNA reported.
Mossadeq, whose grandfather was toppled in a CIA-backed military coup
in 1953 and who has since become a symbol of liberal-nationalist aspirations
in Iran, was known as a writer and poet, though he was a lawyer by profession
and a lecturer at Tehran University's law faculty.
Another of prime minister Mossadeq's grandchildren, Massumeh Mossadeq,
died in mysterious circumstances last April. She was found hanged in her
Tehran home.
