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Mehdi Tabatabaei

Mehdi Tabatabaei

Iranian cleric and politician (1936-2018)


Seyyed Mehdi Tabatabaei Shirazi (Persian: سید مهدی طباطبایی شیرازی, March 21, 1936 — May 17, 2018) was an Iranian Shia cleric and conservative politician who served as member of the Parliament of Iran from 2004 to 2008, representing the districts of Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr. He represented Mashhad and Kalat from 1984 to 1988.[1]

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Tabatabaei had been described as a "well-known moderate conservative cleric".[4]

Views

Tabatabaei was a critic of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,[5][6] and a supporter of the Iran deal.[7]

In 2009, he said he wished he had died and not seen the post-election incidents in Iran.[8]


References

  1. "Parliament members" (in Persian). Iranian Majlis. Archived from the original on 9 May 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  2. "Iran Report". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 16 February 2004. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  3. Rohollah Faghihi (15 December 2015). "ANALYSIS: Iran heats up in anticipation of crucial elections". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  4. Ali Alfoneh; Katherine Faley; Ahmad Majidyar; Michael Rubin (23 July 2009). "Iran News Round Up". AEI Critical Threats. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  5. "Where did it all go wrong with IRIB?". Iran Front Page. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  6. "Selected Headlines". Tehran Bureau. 24 August 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017.

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