Morteza Lotfi

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Morteza Lotfi
Member of City Council of Tehran
In office
29 April 1999 15 January 2003
Majority224,867 (16.02%)
Personal details
Born1955 (age 6364)
Khorramshahr, Iran
Nationality Iranian
Political party Islamic Labour Party
Worker House

Morteza Lotfi (Persian : مرتضی لطفی) is an Iranian reformist journalist politician who served as a Tehran councilman. [1] A senior member of the Islamic Labour Party, [2] he was formerly managing director of the newspaper Kar va Kargar. [3]

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References

  1. Bill Samii (20 January 2003), "Iran Report", Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 6 (3), retrieved 1 August 2017
  2. "Islamic Labor Party of Iran H.E. Morteza Lotfi Member of the Central Committee", International Conference of Asian Political Parties, 2004, retrieved 1 August 2017
  3. "The court hearing session of the managing director of "Kar and Kargar" (Labour and workers) will be held on 16th of December", Association Of Iranian Journalists, 5 December 2007, retrieved 1 August 2017