Currency of Iran 100 Rials banknote 1985 Ayatollah Modarres
Banknotes of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Revolutionary Series 1981 - 2005
Revolutionary Series 1981 - 2005
Bank Markazi Iran - Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran
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Obverse: The portrait of Ayatollah Sayyid Hassan Modarres (An opposing MP at the time of Shah Reza Pahlavi). Purple on multicolored underprint.
Reverse: Building of the Islamic Assembly of Iran (ex-Senate).Watermark: Allah emblem on all issues.
Size: 130 x 67 mm.
Printer: Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited (without an imprint).
Paper Specifications:
Watermark: The portrait of Imam Khomeini in the left part of the banknote is embedded in the paste of paper. When the Banknote is held up to the light, the image can be seen from both sides.
Security Thread: A 1 mm wide polyester thread, with the microprint of the name of the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran "Bank Markazi Jomhouri Islami Iran" in Farsi script is embedded in the paper. When viewed under ultra violet light, this thread is seen in blue, yellow and red colors.
Paper: 100% cotton.
Printing Specifications:
Printing Technic: Dry Offset.
Serial Number: Letterpress printing of serial number with single color fluorescent ink, changes under ultra violet light to golden color.
Microprint: The name of the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran "Bank Markazi Jomhouri Islami Iran" in Farsi script is in microprint and appears below the Serial Number (bottom right-hand side). The text is visible under a magnifying glass.
See-Through: On the left side of the Banknote above the Watermark is a "See-Through Image". When the Banknote is held up to the light, the partial image on the front completes perfectly that on the reverse side.
Intaglio Printing: This feature can be easily detected by touch in some parts of the Banknote.
Banknotes of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Revolutionary Series 1981 - 2005
Ayatollah Sayyid Hassan Modarres
Seyyed Hassan Modarres (c. 1870, Sarabeh, December 1 1937, Kashmar), was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric and a notable supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. He was among the founding members, along with Abdolhossein Teymourtash, of the reformist party Hezb-e Eslaah-talab of the time, which was formed during the fourth national Majlis of Iran. He has been called "brave and incorruptible" and "perhaps the most fervent mullah supporter of true constitutional government."
The sources disagree on his birthplace. Some mention that he was born in Shahreza in around 1870, while others mention that he was born in a village named Sarābe-Kachou near Ardestan in the early 1870s, and that he moved to Shahreza when he was six. The second story is depandable. Having studied Islamic sciences in Isfahan and Najaf, Modarres turned to become a religious teacher in an Esfahan's madrasa. The name Modarres, that means "teacher", is because of his job there. In 1910, he was chosen by Najaf's cleric community and sent to Tehran to supervise the laws passed by the Majlis of Iran, to make sure they are not against the rules of sharia. Later, in 1914, he was elected as a Majlis representative of Tehran.
In 1916, during the World War I, he migrated to Iraq, Syria, and Turkey together with a handful of other politicians, and served as the Minister of Justice in a cabinet formed in exile by Nezam os-Saltaneh. After returning to Iran, he was elected in the Majlis elections a few more times. Modarres fought against the presence of British forces in Persia, vigorously opposing the proposed 1919 agreement that would have transformed Iran into a British protectorate.
In the early 1920s he also played a role in preventing Reza Khan (the prime minister at the time) from abolishing the monarchy (the Qajar Dynasty) and declaring a republic, and less successfully opposed Reza Khan's deposing of the Qajar dynasty in 1925. Sayyed Modaress was openly critical of Reza Shah's rule and was placed under imprisonment in retaliation for his criticisms. A few years after a November 1926 assassination attempt against him, Modarres was expelled to Khaf and later to Kashmar. He was finally killed in a prison in December 1937. His death is regarded as martyrdom and the martyrdom day (10th of Azar) is known in Iran as Majlis day (day of the parliament).
Ruhollah Khomeini, who later became the Supreme Leader of Iran after the Iranian Revolution, was among Modarres's students.