Mohammad Tavasoli
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Mohammad Tavasoli | |
|---|---|
 Tavasoli in 2012 | |
| Mayor of Tehran | |
| In office 26 February 1979 – 5 January 1981 | |
| Preceded by | Javad Shahrestani |
| Succeeded by | Reza Zavare'i (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mohammad Tavasoli-Hojjati[1] 15 May 1938 Tehran, Iran[2] |
| Political party | Freedom Movement of Iran |
| Spouse | Mina Yazdi[3] |
| Relatives | Ebrahim Yazdi (brother-in-law)[3] |
| Alma mater | University of Tehran |
| Profession | Engineer[2] |
Mohammad Tavasoli (Persian: محمد توسلی; born 15 May 1938) 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.[4]
Early life
[edit]Tavasoli studied at Tehran University in 1956 and was one of the members of Anjoman-e Eslami. He joined the freedom movement soon after it was established. He went to Germany in 1962 to study transportation and traffic. After visiting the United States in 1967, he was returned to Iran and banned from traveling. He was arrested in 1971 because he helped a member of MEK and was jailed for one year. Before the Iranian Revolution, he was one of the staff responsible for the advertising campaign rally to welcome Ruhollah Khomeini back to Iran after 15 years.
Political career
[edit]After the Iranian Revolution, he was elected as Mayor of Tehran. He was mayor from February 1979 until February 1980. He was jailed with Hashem Sabbaghian in 1983 but was released seven months later. He was jailed again in March 1988 and after the 2009-2010 Iranian election protests after participating in a rally in June 2009.[5]
References
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- ^ Boroujerdi, Mehrzad; Rahimkhani, Kourosh (2018). Postrevolutionary Iran: A Political Handbook. Syracuse University Press. pp. 771–72. ISBN 9780815654322.
- ^ a b Houchang E. Chehabi (1990). Iranian Politics and Religious Modernism: The Liberation Movement of Iran Under the Shah and Khomeini. I.B.Tauris. p. 87. ISBN 1850431981.
- ^ a b "Iran Freedom Movement Names New Head", Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 18 September 2017, retrieved 21 October 2017
- ^ Daniel Nasaw and Matthew Weaver (18 June 2009). "Iran protests: live". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
- ^ بازداشت توسلی، انتقام از آزادی است [Tavassoli custody, revenge of freedom] (in Arabic). Zamaaneh.com. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
- 1938 births
- Living people
- Islamic democracy activists
- University of Tehran alumni
- Mayors of Tehran
- Iranian revolutionaries
- People of the Iranian revolution
- National Front (Iran) student activists
- Members of the Association for Defense of Freedom and the Sovereignty of the Iranian Nation
- Secretaries-general of the Freedom Movement of Iran
- Heads of political office of the Freedom Movement of Iran