Habibollah Asgaroladi Mosalman ( fa, حبيب‌الله عسگراولادی مسلمان‎; 3 January 1932 – 5 November 2013) was a leading senior

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and principlist politician who was the leader of

Islamic Coalition Party The Islamic Coalition Party) from 1963 to 1979 and "Islamic Coalition Society" ( fa, جمعیت مؤتلفه اسلامی, jamʿiyat-e moʾtalefe-ye eslâmi) from 1979 to 2004. (ICP; fa, حزب مؤتلفه اسلامی, ḥezb-e moʾtalefe-ye esl ...

, a highly influential conservative political party in Iran. He was also a two-time presidential candidate, first in July 1981 and next in

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. During the presidential elections in 1981, in which he ran for the presidency, an attempt was made to assassinate him outside his home in Iran Street, but this failed and resulted in his bodyguard being killed but Asgaroladi himself escaped largely unhurt.

Career and activities

Asgaroladi was born to a wealthy merchant family in Damavand. His ancestors were

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who converted to

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. Asgaroladi was a senior member of Iran's

Expediency Council The Expediency Discernment Council of the System ( fa, مجمع تشخیص مصلحت نظام ''Majma'-e Taškhīs-e Maslahat-e Nezām'') is an administrative assembly appointed by the Supreme Leader and was created upon the revision to the Co ...

. He spent many years at the forefront of the Iranian cabinet, serving as both Secretary of State for Social Security, Minister for Economy, Trade and Commerce as well as heading up the Homeland Security Agency and intelligence services in Iran. He ran in the 1981 and 1985 Presidential elections. An attempt was made on his life in a failed assassination attempt in 1981. Asgaroladi was a prominent member of

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's inner circle and returned to Iran from Neuphle-le-Chateau with Araghi & Beheshti. Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, he was chosen by Khomeini to be the founding father of the Khomeini Relief Foundation, the largest social welfare branch of the government in Iran. Some unofficial reports include him among the wealthiest individuals in Iran with a net worth of several billion dollars. Several members of the Asgaroladi family have been featured in the Fortune 500 ("Millionaire Mullahs" article), with Asadollah Asgaroladi possessing an estimated wealth of over USD $9 billion. The Asgaroladis are now amongst the wealthiest families in Iran with commercial interests in real estate, banking, healthcare and exports of dried fruits, nuts, caviar and saffron. Asgaroladi published his autobiography in 2012 and was presented with an award by

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, speaker of the Iranian Parliament. He died on 5 November 2013 in

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's Dey Hospital after being hospitalized for more than two months. His funeral was attended by the Supreme Leader Khamenei, President

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, Mohsen Rafiqdoost, Ali Larijani and many other senior government officials.

Asadollah Asgaroladi Asadollah Asgaroladi ( fa, اسدالله عسگراولادی; 3 March 1934 – 13 September 2019) was an Iranian businessman with business interests in exports, real estate. Life Asgaroladi was born to a merchant family. His ancestors convert ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Asgaroladi, Habibollah 1932 births 2013 deaths Government ministers of Iran Deputies of Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr Islamic Coalition Party politicians Iranian people of Jewish descent Members of the 1st Islamic Consultative Assembly Second Deputies of Islamic Consultative Assembly Candidates in the July 1981 Iranian presidential election Central Council of the Islamic Republican Party members Secretaries-General of political parties in Iran Politicians from Tehran

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