Institute for Iranian Contemporary Historical Studies (statesmen) WWW.IICHS.ORG Mohammad Massud
Tahereh Shokuhi Son of Mirza Abdollah, author and editor of marde emruz, Mohammad Masud was born in After Sept. 1941 he founded marde emruz, the first number of which appeared in Aug. 21st 1942. He was engaged in journalism in one of the most critical periods of He founded the "negative resistance" movement and one month later it was renamed as "national resistance organization". Massud's strongly –worded articles against the British and Russian expansionist policies unveiled the dependent character of Tudeh party and its adherents. The papers affiliated to the Tudeh Party, called him reactionary and anachronistic. He published very hot articles against Qavam-os-saltaneh and proposed to pay one million rials of reward to any one who would endeavor to kill him. Subsequently, he was prosecuted for three months, his paper was suspended. However, he published it secretly. Eventually, subsequent to political wheeling and dealing between the leftist and rightist groups, he was murdered in Feb. 13th 1947. His information of the relationship between Razmara and the Tudeh Party and Khosrow Ruzbeh was proved effective in his murder. His murder was not untangled until when Khosrow Ruzbeh was entrapped and confessed his involvement in the plot. |