He was the obstetrician of Queen Farah Diba, spouse of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

[3] Saleh worked at the faculty of medicine in Tehran and was promoted to the title of associate professor.

[1] In 1936 he was appointed instructional head of the newly founded nursing school in Tehran.

[6] Saleh was the health minister in the cabinet led by Haj Ali Razmara in the period 1950–1951.

[10] Saleh was appointed minister of education in the cabinet formed by Jafar Sharif-Emami in March 1961.