Jahanshah Saleh

Saleh worked at the faculty of medicine in Tehran and was promoted to the title of associate professor.^[3] Later he became professor of gynecology.^[1] In 1936 he was appointed instructional head of the newly founded nursing school in Tehran.^[5] He headed the surgery department of women at Vaziri Hospital and also headed the midwifery school.^[3] He also worked at the Women's Hospital which was later renamed Jahanshah Saleh Hospital.^[3] In 1948 Saleh was appointed dean of the faculty of medicine at the University of Tehran.^[6]

Saleh was the health minister in the cabinet led by Haj Ali Razmara in the period 1950–1951.^[6] Saleh remained in office in the next cabinet formed by Hossein Ala'.^[1] In the cabinet formed by Fazlollah Zahedi after the 1953 coup against Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh Saleh was also appointed minister of health in August 1953.^[7]

Saleh served as the obstetrician of Farah Pahlavi.^[8] He accompanied her during the birth of Prince Reza Cyrus Pahlavi in 1960.^[8] Saleh was appointed minister of education in the cabinet formed by Jafar Sharif-Emami in March 1961.^[9] In 1966 he was serving as the president of the University of Tehran.^[3]

Saleh was not only interested in medicine, but also in environmental protection.^[10] He was one of the Iranians who reported concerns over the quality of air in the cities.^[10] Initially his views were not taken into consideration, but in 1963 the Supreme Council of City Safety stated that air in the capital city, Tehran, was not healthy.^[3] Saleh died in Tehran in 1995.^[1]