Cabinet of Jafar Sharif-Emami (1978)

He was appointed prime minister by Shah on 27 August 1978 because of his ties to clergy. Sharif-Emami succeeded Jamshid Amouzegar in the post. Sharif-Emami was resigned from the office on 5 November 1978 and replaced by Gholam Reza Azhari in the post.

Cabinet Sharif-Emami (1978)
cabinet of Imperial State of Iran
Prime Minister
Date formed	27 August 1978 (1978-08-27)
Date dissolved	6 November 1978 (1978-11-06)
People and organisations
Shah	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Head of government	Jafar Sharif-Emami
No. of ministers	18
History
Predecessor	Cabinet of Jamshid Amouzegar
Successor	Military government of Gholam-Reza Azhari

During his short tenure, he undid many of the Shah's plans including the closing of casinos, abandoning the Imperial calendar, abolishing the Rastakhiz Party and allowing all political parties to be active and personally responsible for preventing SAVAK to get involved and preventing the KGB backed clergyman from creating and continuing the 1979 revolution. All of his efforts to reform the political system in Iran, was overshadowed by the Black Friday massacre in Jaleh Square (8 September 1978), mass protests, martial law and nationwide strikes, which brought the country's economy to its knees. He resigned from office amid riots on 5 November 1978. Gholam Reza Azhari replaced him in the post.