Seyyed ''Sayyid'' (, ; ar, سيد ; ; meaning 'sir', 'Lord', 'Master'; Arabic plural: ; feminine: ; ) is a surname of people descending from the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali, sons of Muhammad' ...

Mehdi Tabatabaei Shirazi ( fa, سید مهدی طباطبایی شیرازی, March 21, 1936 — May 17, 2018) was an Iranian

Shia Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his S ...

cleric and

conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization i ...

politician who served as member of the

Parliament of Iran The Islamic Consultative Assembly ( fa, مجلس شورای اسلامی, Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī), also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles (Arabicised spelling Majlis) or ICA, is the national legislative body of Iran. The Pa ...

from 2004 to 2008, representing the districts of

Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis ( fa, تهران، ری، شمیرانات، اسلامشهر و پردیس) is a constituency for the Parliament of Iran encompassing the metropolitan area of Tehran and some of its satellite citie ...

. He represented Mashhad and Kalat from 1984 to 1988. Tabatabaei had been described as a "well-known

moderate conservative Moderate conservatism is a moderate version of conservatism that is less demanding than classical conservatism and has several subtypes such as liberal conservatism. The term is often used in countries where the political camp is divided into 'l ...

cleric".

Views

Tabatabaei was a critic of

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ( fa, محمود احمدی‌نژاد, Mahmūd Ahmadīnežād ), born Mahmoud Sabbaghian ( fa, محمود صباغیان, Mahmoud Sabbāghyān, 28 October 1956),

, and a supporter of the

Iran deal The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA; fa, برنامه جامع اقدام مشترک , barnāmeye jāme'e eqdāme moshtarak (, ''BARJAM'')), commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal or Iran deal, is an agreement on the Iranian nuclear ...

. In 2009, he said he wished he had died and not seen the post-election incidents in Iran.

References

1936 births 2018 deaths Members of the 2nd Islamic Consultative Assembly Members of the 7th Islamic Consultative Assembly Deputies of Mashhad and Kalat Deputies of Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr Combatant Clergy Association politicians Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran politicians Fada'iyan-e Islam members People from Rafsanjan {{Iran-politician-stub