Mostafa Hashemitaba ( fa, مصطفی هاشمی‌طبا; born 22 May 1946) is an Iranian

reformist Reformism is a political doctrine advocating the reform of an existing system or institution instead of its abolition and replacement. Within the socialist movement, reformism is the view that gradual changes through existing institutions can ...

politician. Hashemitaba served as Iran's minister of industries and vice president, as well as head of

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. He is described as having '

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' views. He was a candidate in the

2001 Iranian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Iran on 8 June 2001, and resulted in Mohammad Khatami being elected as the President of Iran for his second term. Candidates Although 814 candidates registered for the election, including 25 women, the Guardi ...

, and was placed 10th. He was also a

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in the 2017 election. Hashemitaba is co-founder of the Executives of Construction Party and former member of its central committee, known as one of the senior figures among the party's conservative faction. In 2017,

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wrote that Hashemitaba has not been active in the party since about ten years ago. He focuses on the environment in campaign speeches. Hashemitaba made a cameo in the film ''Jang Athar'' in 1980.

Electoral history

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1946 births Living people Heads of Physical Education Organization Executives of Construction Party politicians Candidates in the 2001 Iranian presidential election Textile engineers Politicians from Isfahan Amirkabir University of Technology alumni {{iran-bio-stub