{"id":10001,"date":"2026-07-23T12:32:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T09:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehrannameh.com\/%da%86%da%af%d9%88%d9%86%d9%87-%d8%aa%d9%87%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%86-%d9%85%d8%ad%d8%b5%d9%88%d8%b1-%d9%82%d8%ac%d8%b1%db%8c-%d8%a7%db%8c%d9%86%da%af%d9%88%d9%86%d9%87-%d8%b4%d9%87%d8%b1%db%8c-%d8%ba%d9%88-9\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T07:44:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T04:14:32","slug":"%da%86%da%af%d9%88%d9%86%d9%87-%d8%aa%d9%87%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%86-%d9%85%d8%ad%d8%b5%d9%88%d8%b1-%d9%82%d8%ac%d8%b1%db%8c-%d8%a7%db%8c%d9%86%da%af%d9%88%d9%86%d9%87-%d8%b4%d9%87%d8%b1%db%8c-%d8%ba%d9%88-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehrannameh.com\/en\/%da%86%da%af%d9%88%d9%86%d9%87-%d8%aa%d9%87%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%86-%d9%85%d8%ad%d8%b5%d9%88%d8%b1-%d9%82%d8%ac%d8%b1%db%8c-%d8%a7%db%8c%d9%86%da%af%d9%88%d9%86%d9%87-%d8%b4%d9%87%d8%b1%db%8c-%d8%ba%d9%88-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Killing of a Prominent Preacher of Tehran (\u0642\u062a\u0644 \u062e\u0637\u06cc\u0628 \u0645\u0639\u0631\u0648\u0641 \u062a\u0647\u0631\u0627\u0646)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Killing of a Prominent Preacher of Tehran (\u0642\u062a\u0644 \u062e\u0637\u06cc\u0628 \u0645\u0639\u0631\u0648\u0641 \u062a\u0647\u0631\u0627\u0646)<\/p>\n<p>Seyyed Mohammad Tabataba&#8217;i (\u0633\u06cc\u062f \u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f \u0637\u0628\u0627\u0637\u0628\u0627\u06cc\u06cc), in a letter addressed to Mozaffar al-Din Shah (\u0645\u0638\u0641\u0631\u0627\u0644\u062f\u06cc\u0646 \u0634\u0627\u0647), reproached and admonished him, warning him of the consequences of the severe crisis that had spread throughout the country. He explicitly stated that the only remedy was the establishment of constitutional government.<\/p>\n<p>The attacks by preachers and orators in Tehran (\u062a\u0647\u0631\u0627\u0646) intensified, and every day the vo\u02bf\u0101z openly and severely attacked Ain al-Dawlah (\u0639\u06cc\u0646\u200c\u0627\u0644\u062f\u0648\u0644\u0647). Secret societies opposing the government increased in number, and, generally speaking, the entire population demanded constitutional government.<\/p>\n<p>Ain al-Dawlah (\u0639\u06cc\u0646\u200c\u0627\u0644\u062f\u0648\u0644\u0647) exiled a number of political figures who opposed him. Haj Sheikh Mohammad Va\u02bfez (\u062d\u0627\u062c \u0634\u06cc\u062e \u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f \u0648\u0627\u0639\u0638), one of Tehran\u2019s prominent preachers, delivered sermons every day in the Sar-e Polak (\u0633\u0631\u067e\u0648\u0644\u06a9) neighborhood, denouncing Ain al-Dawlah.<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Mohammad Va\u02bfez (\u0634\u06cc\u062e \u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f \u0648\u0627\u0639\u0638) was arrested by soldiers, but the people, led by Seyyed Ahmad Behbahani (\u0633\u06cc\u062f \u0627\u062d\u0645\u062f \u0628\u0647\u0628\u0647\u0627\u0646\u06cc), rescued him from the Cossack forces. The confrontation escalated into gunfire. During the incident, a theology student named Seyyed Abdolhamid (\u0633\u06cc\u062f \u0639\u0628\u062f\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0645\u06cc\u062f) was killed, while several others, including Adib al-Zakerin (\u0627\u062f\u06cc\u0628\u200c\u0627\u0644\u0630\u0627\u06a9\u0631\u06cc\u0646), were wounded.<\/p>\n<p>Abdolhamid\u2019s body was taken to the Jameh Mosque (\u0645\u0633\u062c\u062f \u062c\u0627\u0645\u0639), and the Tehran Bazaar (\u0628\u0627\u0632\u0627\u0631 \u062a\u0647\u0631\u0627\u0646) was closed. Thousands of people gathered in the mosque, including Seyyed Abdollah Behbahani (\u0633\u06cc\u062f \u0639\u0628\u062f\u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0628\u0647\u0628\u0647\u0627\u0646\u06cc), Seyyed Mohammad Tabataba&#8217;i (\u0633\u06cc\u062f \u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f \u0637\u0628\u0627\u0637\u0628\u0627\u06cc\u06cc), and Sheikh Fazlollah Nouri (\u0634\u06cc\u062e \u0641\u0636\u0644\u200c\u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0646\u0648\u0631\u06cc).<\/p>\n<p>Abdol Khan Nasr al-Saltaneh (\u0639\u0628\u062f\u0627\u0644\u062e\u0627\u0646 \u0646\u0635\u0631\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0644\u0637\u0646\u0647), the governor of Tehran, surrounded the mosque and prevented the people from leaving so that they would not enter the streets. The people nevertheless poured out of the mosque, and gunfire began. Nearly one hundred people were wounded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Killing of a Prominent Preacher of Tehran (\u0642\u062a\u0644 \u062e\u0637\u06cc\u0628 \u0645\u0639\u0631\u0648\u0641 \u062a\u0647\u0631\u0627\u0646) Seyyed Mohammad Tabataba&#8217;i (\u0633\u06cc\u062f \u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f \u0637\u0628\u0627\u0637\u0628\u0627\u06cc\u06cc), in a letter addressed to Mozaffar al-Din Shah (\u0645\u0638\u0641\u0631\u0627\u0644\u062f\u06cc\u0646 \u0634\u0627\u0647), reproached and admonished him, warning him of the consequences of the severe crisis that had spread throughout the country. He explicitly stated that the only remedy was the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6699],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehrannameh.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehrannameh.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehrannameh.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehrannameh.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehrannameh.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10001"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehrannameh.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10003,"href":"https:\/\/tehrannameh.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10001\/revisions\/10003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehrannameh.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehrannameh.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehrannameh.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}