Amir Abedini

Amir Abedini
Member of the City Council of Tehran
In office 3 January 2000 – 15 January 2003
Majority	176,289 (12.56%)
Governor of Khorasan Province
In office 1987–1989
President	Ali Khamenei
Prime Minister	Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded by	Abdollah Koupayi
Succeeded by	Ali Jannati
Governor of East Azerbaijan Province
In office 29 January 1984 – 1987
President	Ali Khamenei
Prime Minister	Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded by	Hossein Taheri
Succeeded by	Akbar Parhizkar
Governor of Lorestan Province
In office 8 December 1981 – 29 January 1984
President	Ali Khamenei
Prime Minister	Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded by	Hossein Mahlouji
Succeeded by	Ahmad Entezari
President of FFIRI
In office 1994–1994
Preceded by	Mohammad Safi Zadeh
Succeeded by	Dariush Mostafavi
Personal details
Born	Hassan Abedini (1949-12-13) 13 December 1949 Tehran, Iran

Amir Abedini (Persian: امیر عابدینی; born Hassan Abedini on 13 December 1949) is an Iranian politician, football club chairman, former professional footballer and member of the City Council of Tehran.

Political career

During 1980s, he held office as governor of three provinces under Government of Mir-Hossein Mousavi (1981–89). Abedini is a self-described "Mousavi[-like] left-winger" politician. In 1997, he endorsed Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri for president.

Sport career

Abedini played for Persepolis and Paykan in the 1960s.

He was the chairman of the Persepolis Athletic and Cultural Club between 1993 and 2001. Currently he is chairman of the club Damash Iranian and Damash Gilan.