Editing Mohammad Mossadegh (section)

==Early Life and Education==
Mohammad Mossadegh was born on June 16, 1882, in Tehran, Iran, to a prominent aristocratic family of the Qajar dynasty. His father, Mirza Hedayatollah Ashtiani, was a high-ranking finance official, and his mother, Najm al-Saltaneh, was a Qajar princess who later founded a hospital in Tehran.

	•	Education: Mossadegh studied at the School of Political Sciences in Tehran before traveling to Europe. He earned a law degree from the University of Paris and a doctorate in law from the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, in 1913, making him one of Iran’s first Western-educated elites. His thesis focused on Islamic inheritance law, reflecting his blend of traditional and modern perspectives.

	•	Early Influences: Exposure to European liberalism and Iran’s Constitutional Revolution (1905–1911) shaped Mossadegh’s commitment to democracy, nationalism, and resistance to foreign influence.