Seyyed
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Mehdi Tabatabaei Shirazi ( fa, سید مهدی طباطبایی شیرازی, March 21, 1936 — May 17, 2018) was an Iranian
Shia
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cleric and
conservative
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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 cleric".
Views
Tabatabaei was a critic of
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and a supporter of the
Iran deal.
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
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