Issa Kalantari ( fa, عیسی کلانتری, born 1952 in

Marand Marand ( fa, مرند; ; also Romanized as Morand) is a city and capital of Marand County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Marand is among major cities in the province. It is located in the north-west of capital of the province Tabriz. Marand ha ...

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) is an Iranian politician and former head of

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, serving from 2017 to 2021. He served as

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in last year of

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's presidency, in both terms of

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's presidency and also in first term of President

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. Isa Kalantari lost his elder brother,

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, in

Hafte Tir bombing On 28 June 1981 (7 Tir 1360 in the Iranian calendar; fa, هفت تیر, ), a powerful bomb went off at the headquarters of the Islamic Republican Party (IRP) in Tehran, while a meeting of party leaders was in progress. Seventy-four leading offi ...

on 28 June 1981. He has a BSc degree of agriculture from

Urmia University Urmia University (, ''Danushgah-e Arumih''; ) (also known as the University of Urmia) is a public university in West Azarbaijan province, Iran. The main campus of Urmia University is in Nazlu (or Nazloo), in the vicinity of Urmia. It has six c ...

, MSc of Physiology-Biochemistry from

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, and PhD in agricultural physiology from

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. He was a member of the Center for Strategic Research in the

Expediency Discernment 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 ...

. In 2001, he founded Iran's House of Farmers and has been serving as its director since then.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kalantari, Isa Government ministers of Iran People from Marand Iranian reformists Urmia University alumni Iowa State University alumni 1952 births Living people Iranian chief executives Executives of Construction Party politicians Heads of Department of Environment (Iran)

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