ions ▁affili ated ▁with ▁the ▁pro - comm un ist ▁T ude h ▁Party . ▁N af icy ▁was ▁briefly ▁Deput y ▁Minister ▁and ▁Act ing ▁Minister ▁of ▁Labor ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 1 ▁in ▁the ▁short - l ived ▁H os sein ▁A la ▁cabinet , ▁preceding ▁Dr . ▁M oss ade gh ’ s ▁government . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁M oss ade gh ▁period , ▁Hab ib ▁N af icy ▁was ▁instrument al ▁in ▁establish ing ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Indust ries ▁and ▁M ines , ▁with ▁himself ▁serving ▁as ▁Under secret ary , ▁a ▁post ▁he ▁continued ▁to ▁hold ▁under ▁the ▁Z ah edi ▁cabinet ▁in ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 5 0 s . ▁In ▁this ▁position ▁he ▁was ▁cred ited ▁with ▁establish ing ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁industrial ▁est ates ▁( indust rial ▁zones ) ▁for ▁light ▁indust ries ▁at ▁Kar aj ▁west ▁of ▁Te h ran . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁N af icy ▁was ▁named ▁Under secret ary ▁for ▁Techn ical ▁and ▁V oc ational ▁Education ▁in ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Education ▁with ▁the ▁mission ▁to ▁re inv ig or ate ▁and ▁expand ▁that ▁type ▁of ▁education , ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁initi ated ▁during ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁Re za ▁Shah ▁P ah la vi . ▁In ▁that ▁position ▁he ▁established ▁some ▁one ▁hundred ▁technical ▁and ▁voc ational ▁schools ▁throughout ▁Iran . ▁He ▁established ▁the ▁Te h ran ▁Poly techn ic ▁University ▁( now ▁Am ir ▁Kab ir ▁University ) ▁as