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Mehdi Tabatabaei
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
28 May 2004 – 28 May 2008
ConstituencyTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority660,764 (33.51%)[1]
In office
28 May 1984 – 28 May 1988
ConstituencyMashhad and Kalat
Majority243,600 (51.50%)[1]
Personal details
Born
Seyyed Mohammad-Mehdi Tabatabaei Shirazi

(1936-03-21)21 March 1936[1]
Rafsanjan, Iran[1]
Died17 May 2018(2018-05-17) (aged 82)[2]
Tehran, Iran
Political partyCombatant Clergy Association[3]
Fada'iyan-e Islam
Other political
affiliations
Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran (2004)[3]

Seyyed Mehdi Tabatabaei Shirazi (Template:Lang-fa, 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]

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. ^ a b c d e "Parliament members" (in Persian). Iranian Majlis. Archived from the original on 9 May 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  2. ^ "حجت‌الاسلام والمسلمین طباطبایی دار فانی را وداع گفت".
  3. ^ a b "Iran Report". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 16 February 2004. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  4. ^ Rohollah Faghihi (15 December 2015). "ANALYSIS: Iran heats up in anticipation of crucial elections". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Ahmadinejad's claim that Chávez will be resurrected with Jesus 'went too far'". Guardian. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Iran News Round Up". AEI Critical Threats. 23 July 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
  7. ^ "Where did it all go wrong with IRIB?". Iran Front Page. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Selected Headlines". Tehran Bureau. 24 August 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017.