Abdolqader Zahedi (1907-2005) was a high-ranking Sunni religious figure and Iranian Kurdish politician. He received a clerical education and was not a war veteran. He was a member of Iran's Assembly of Experts from 1999 to 2005. He died in Saqqez on December 19, 2005.
Mohammad Tavasoli is an Iranian democracy activist and politician. He is the Secretary-General and also the director of the political office of the Freedom Movement party.
Ali Mohammad Besharati is a senior Iranian politician who served as deputy foreign minister and also, interior minister.
Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis is a constituency for the Parliament of Iran encompassing the metropolitan area of Tehran and some of its satellite cities.
JAMA is an Iranian political party founded in 1964. The party which was mainly active between 1979 and 1981 and a junior partner in the Cabinet of Bazargan, had been outlawed throughout much of its history due to dissenting the rule of both Pahlavi dynasty and the Islamic Republic.
Lotfollah Meysami is an Iranian Nationalist-Religious activist, journalist and publisher.
Hossein Ravazadeh is an Iranian physician who practices traditional medicine, and is regarded a prominent proponent of quackery and conspiracy theory in Iran.
Mohammad-Ali Molavi was an Iranian economist who served as the governor of the Central Bank of Iran from 25 February to 5 November 1979, when he resigned from the office.
Mohammad-Reza Rahchamani was an Iranian physician and reformist politician. From 1984 to 2000, he represented Sabzevar in the Iranian Parliament. During the early 2000s, he headed Iran's State Welfare Organization.
This is an overview of the 2016 Iranian Assembly of Experts election in Tehran Province.
Mostafa Madani is an Iranian communist politician and one of the senior members of the Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas.
The Commander of the Iranian Navy is the highest-ranking position of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, and has operational control and is responsible for overall operations of the navy. The current commander is Shahram Irani.
The Septuple Coalition was the electoral alliance of seven communist political groups contesting in the 1979 Iranian Constitutional Convention election with the stated objective of "exposé". The alliance also endorsed candidates of the Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas –which was not part of the coalition– despite the differences between them.
The first elections for the Assembly of Experts in Tehran Province was held on 10 December 1982 to elect 14 representatives in the constituency. Only 17 candidates –all Khomeinists– competed for the seats, of whom 13 were unanimously endorsed by the Combatant Clergy Association, the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom and the Islamic Propagation Office of Qom Seminary.
The third elections for the Assembly of Experts in Tehran Province was held on 23 October 1998 to elect 16 representatives in the constituency. The result was a victory for the conservatives. Allied institutions the Combatant Clergy Association and the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom supported candidates jointly, while the Association of Combatant Clerics and the Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers whose most members were disqualified by the Guardian Council did not support any candidates. Executives of Construction Party was the only reformist group that competed in the election.
The Society of Women of the Islamic Revolution is a nationalist-religious organization in Iran, founded in 1979 by Azam Taleghani.
The Muslim Union Party, the Muslims Unity Party or the Party of Muslim Unity was a political party based in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran.
Salaheddin Bayani was an Iranian politician who served as a member of Parliament of Iran from 1980 to 1984.
This article contains the results of the 2006 Iranian Assembly of Experts election.
This article mentions the introduction and confirmation process for any successful or unsuccessful cabinet nominees of Mir-Hossein Mousavi during his administration.
