12 Facts About Nasser Minachi

Nasser Minachi was an Iranian activist and founder of Hosseiniyeh Ershad, a modernist Islamic institution.

Nasser Minachi served as the minister of tourism and then the minister of information and publicity in the Interim Government of Iran after the regime change in 1979.

Nasser Minachi was the minister of culture in the government during the presidency of Abolhassan Banisadr.

Nasser Minachi served as the caretaker of the institution until his death.

Nasser Minachi had a moderate oppositional approach and was serving as the director of committee for the defense of human rights.

Just before the regime change in February 1979 Nasser Minachi was spokesperson of the a group consisting of moderate Islamic nationalists led by Mahdi Bazargan.

Nasser Minachi was appointed tourism minister to the interim government of Mahdi Bazargan in February 1979.

Nasser Minachi was a member of the revolutionary council until November 1979.

Nasser Minachi was eventually arrested in his home by the militants in early February 1980.

Nasser Minachi was freed soon with the intervention of Bazargan.

Later Nasser Minachi became the minister of culture and national guidance under the presidency of Abolhassan Banisadr.

Nasser Minachi died of heart failure on 25 January 2014 in Tehran.