Mohsen Safaei Farahani ( fa, محسن صفایی فراهانی) is an Iranian reformist politician.

Career

He is a member of

Mosharekat Party The Islamic Iran Participation Front ( fa, جبهه مشارکت ایران اسلامی; ''Jebheye Mosharekate Iran-e Eslaami'') was a reformist political party in Iran. It was sometimes described as the most dominant member within the 2nd of Khor ...

, the main reformist party in Iran under President Khatami. He was a

Majlis ( ar, المجلس, pl. ') is an Arabic term meaning "sitting room", used to describe various types of special gatherings among common interest groups of administrative, social or religious nature in countries with linguistic or cultural conne ...

representative from Tehran from 1999 to 2003. He was also the President of the

Iranian Football Federation The Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) ( fa, فدراسیون فوتبال جمهوری اسلامی ایران, Federâsion-è Futbâl-è Jomhuri-ye Eslâmi-ye Irân) is the governing body of association football in Iran. Formed ...

from 1998 to 2002.

IFF Transitory Board

In November 2006 the federation was suspended by

FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...

due to government interference in football matters. In less than a month the ban was lifted and a new Transitory Board was composed of Farahani as chairman, Kiomars Hashemi as deputy chairman and

Mohammad Hassan Ansarifar Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard ( fa, محمدحسن انصاری‌فرد; born 9 September 1962) is an Iranian former footballer who played for Persepolis and the Iranian national team. He is currently the president of Persepolis F.C. since 27 Aug ...

, Dr Hassan Ghafiri, Dr Mohammad Khabiri and Ali Reghbati as members. The Transitory Board came to an end on January 9, 2008, when

Ali Kaffashian Ali Kafashian ( fa, علی کفاشیان, born on 6 August 1954 in Nain, Iran, Nain) is an Iranian businessman, economist, a retired athlete and former president of the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran, a position he had held from 1 ...

was elected as the new president of the Iran Football Federation.

Arrest

Mohsen Safaei Farahani has been himself arrested in June 2009 during the aftermath of the 2009 presidential elections and subsequent protests. Safai Farahani, who has been detained since June 20, was accused of "acting against national security, propaganda against the system, insulting officials and spreading lies "lawyer Hooshang Pour-Babai told the state broadcaster". Safaei Farahani had been sentenced to six years in jail for the first two charges and acquitted of insulting officials and spreading lies for lack of evidence, adding there would be an appeal.

References

Iranian reformists Deputies of Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr Association football executives Presidents of Iranian Football Federation Living people Islamic Iran Participation Front politicians Iranian prisoners and detainees Members of the 6th Islamic Consultative Assembly 1948 births {{Iran-footy-bio-stub